Chrysti The Wordsmith: Holocaust - 1

Greetings and welcome to Christie the wordsmith though we often associate it with the genocidal events that occurred in Europe less than a century ago. The word holocaust is ancient. It's parody elements are the Greek terms. Hollo H O L O meaning entire or whole and Kos DOS which means burnt Holocaust meaning literally entirely burnt was a term used in 13th century English to designate a fire that completely consumes a religious sacrifice in 17 0 to the poet John Milton employed the word to describe the flames which destroy the Phoenix the bird which arises fully animated from the ashes of its consuming fire. The definition of Holocaust written in The New Century Dictionary copyright 1927 is a great and destructive fire a great or wholesale destruction of life by fire or otherwise. This interpretation of the word was fashioned centuries before Hitler's genocidal crimes were committed against European Jews

gypsies and others. It wasn't until 1957 a decade after World War 2 that holocaust with an uppercase age emerged in print to denominate the destruction of life under Hitler's regime. This application was introduced in the 1950s by historians seeking a specific name for that event. Next time on Christie the wordsmith a pair of words related to holocaust hall a cryptic and hollow MC tick. Good day for boars. CHRISTIE The wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry. Zoot web dot com.