February 5th, 2021

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Word of the Day 02/05/21 Ambit

Ambit (noun)
ambit [ am-bit ]

noun
1. circumference; circuit.
2. boundary; limit.
3. a sphere of operation or influence; range; scope: the ambit of such an action.

WORDS RELATED TO AMBIT
extension, space, sphere, range, compass, scope, boundary, bounds

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Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ambitus a going around, equivalent to amb-ambi- + itus a going (i- (stem of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action)

EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR AMBIT
Now interestingly enough, a recent discovery has rather reinforced the architectural ambit of the Dionysiac Villa.
THE ROMAN DOMUS (HOUSE): ARCHITECTURE AND RECONSTRUCTION|DATTATREYA MANDAL|APRIL 8, 2020|REALM OF HISTORY

They have come within the ambit of law enforcement by violating some law: drunk driving for example.
FIGHT GANGS BY ENFORCING IMMIGRATION|DAVID FRUM|JULY 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

This approach easily sweeps Assange and WikiLeaks into its ambit.
THE ESPIONAGE CASE AGAINST ASSANGE|STEPHEN L. CARTER|DECEMBER 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Whether they are in the ambit covered by Madoff's alleged help to the SEC is not publicly known.
RUTH'S SECRET STASH|ALLAN DODDS FRANK|MARCH 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
spike dru

Philophobia

For 1_million_words Three Sentence challenge:  Philophobia:  Fear of love
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Character(s): Stiles (implied Stiles/Peter)
Words: 120
Warnings: none, angsting? mentions of past traumatic events?
A/n: Trying out this three sentence thing.  These phobias are completely off the wall to me and I'm having to wrap my mind around some of them but here goes.  Also, hey, I did WORDS!



Stiles was terrified of love, not the cute fluffy hearts and cupids kind, but the thing that grabbed hold of the heart and sunk its claws in and, when it was torn away, left you ripped open and bleeding. He'd watched what deep abiding love had done to his father after his mother had died, making him a shell of the man he once was; seen how fucked up Derek still was after the death of his first love Paige and Kate's twisting of those emotions and the spell Jennifer had cast on him on top of all of that.  No, Stiles wanted nothing to do with love, no matter how charming and good looking that asshole Peter could be.
wet, jackson

Vampire Advice ⟫ Peter Hale & Spike ⟫ Mature ⟫ 1/1

Title: ⟫ Vampire Advice
Fandom: ⟫ Teen Wolf, Angel the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: ⟫ Peter Hale & Spike
Masterpost: ⟫ Keeping Up with the Hales
Rating: ⟫ Mature
Prompts: ⟫ 1_million_words Alphabet Challenge ‘V’ & nekid_spike Prompt Three of a Kind (1)
Graphic: ⟫ skargasm
Words: ⟫ 1,390
Summary: ⟫ Peter gets some advice from an unexpected source.
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