Word of the Day

The Word of the Day of Wednesday February 1st 2012 is personification:

 per·son·i·fi·ca·tion

   noun

1. the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.

2. the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.

3. the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation: He is the personification of tact.

4. an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction.

5. the act of personifying.