Word of the day! 9-5-08

Today's Word
bevy \BEV-ee\, noun:1. A group; an assembly or collection.2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

"In an instant, a bevy of perfumed and coiffed poodles would begin a raucous race from her bedroom to the bottom of the stairs.-- James A. Drake, Rosa Ponselle: A Centenary Biography

"Shortt is a more attractive man, and was followed about by bevies of adoring damsels.-- Selected Letters of Rebecca West, edited by Bonnie Kime Scott

Bevy comes from Middle English bevey. It perhaps originally signified a drinking company, possibly deriving from Old French beivre, "to drink," from Latin bibere.