Sunday, 7 July 2013

The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | maritime

1. bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea
2. relating to or involving ships or navigation

The word maritime has appeared in 437 New York Times articles in the past year, including on June 6 in “How Italy Cast a Spell Over Manet” by Roderick Conway Morris:
The Manet family began to take seaside vacations at Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1864. In the hope of embarking on a maritime career, at 16 he had sailed on a training ship to Rio de Janeiro, but was rejected by the

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