DOUG'S WORD OF THE WEEK

Laodicean / ley-od-uh-see-uhn / adjective: 1. Indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of religion. noun; a person who is lukewarm or indifferent, esp. in religion. 2.  A native or inhabitant of Laodicea.

Notes & Etymology: From Laodicea, Syrian city (modern Latakia) whose early Christians were chastised in the Bible for indifference to their religion [Rev. iii.14-16]. This was the winning word for the 82nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee held last Thursday.

Usage: “A laodicean timorous, hesitant voice, how utterly vile I hold you!”
William Watson; For England: poems written during estrangement‎; 1904.