Today's Word "disparate"
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disparate \DIS-puh-rit; dis-PAIR-it\ (adjective) - 1 : Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind. 2 : Composed of or including markedly dissimilar elements.
"Twelve of us, disparate artists with disparate work, had the museum to ourselves except for the docent who hovered around us, guarding permanent works from contagion." -- Susan Wilson, 'Beauty'
Disparate comes from the past participle of Latin disparare, "to separate," from dis-, "apart" + parare, "to prepare."
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