Another relatively gloomy and rainy and COLD day. I doubt that the temperatures got out of the 40s today, and it was (almost) the feeling of bitter cold. We are not used to it being cold AND grey at the same time. Cold and sunny we can handle, but cold is not something we are happy to experience for more than a day or two. The same thing applies to not being able to experience sunshine. We need it. And just so you know, Bruce, I feel for you...And, it was another day of the Texas Association of REALTORS® Winter Meeting. When it was named the 'Winter Meeting,' I don't think it was intended to be assumed that it would 'literally' include winter weather.
Bereft -- Adjective - 1: deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something 2: lacking something needed, wanted or expected. 3: bereaved. Although he is clearly a very intelligent man, Professor Gray seems to be surprisingly bereft of common sense.
Did You Know? In Old English, the verb bereafian meant "to plunder or rob." The modern equivalent of bereafian is bereave, a verb that implies you have robbed someone of something, often suddenly and unexpectedly. Bereft is the past participle of bereave, and it sometimes functions as a verb, as in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, where Bassanio tells Portia, "Madam, you have bereft me of all words." But by Shakespeare's day bereft was also being used as an adjective, as in The Taming of the Shrew, when Katharina declares, "A woman mov'd is like a fountain troubled -- muddy, ... thick, bereft of beauty."
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