Monday, April 23, 2007

zeitgeist |ˈtsītˌgīst; ˈzīt-|

What a brilliant and seemly word the Robots have appointed :) Kudos!!

zeitgeist |ˈtsītˌgīst; ˈzīt-|
noun [in sing. ]
the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time : the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German Zeitgeist, from Zeit ‘time’ + Geist ‘spirit’

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