Verbivore’s Diner #7Today’s Specials:

Roots - MicroAffixes – Re-Mythology & History - BacchanaliaAdopted Words - naive

Root du jour

OMicroO Small, minute

Affixes Prix FixeO Prefix: “Re-”O Again, backO ReviveO Retort

Mythology & History Main

O Bacchanalian/BacchanaliaO Bacchus was the Roman god of wine

and parties and drunkenness.O A “bacchanalia” is a seriously wild

party, usually where ordinary rules of behavior are suspended

Adopted Word DessertO Naïve (French)O Simple in nature, artless, innocent,

unaware of the world