manifesto

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The Word of the Day for May 10 is:

manifesto   \man-uh-FESS-toh\   noun
     : a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, 
motives, or views of its issuer

Example sentence:
      On his last day at the company, Rick posted an angry 
manifesto on the bulletin board that outlined his reasons for 
leaving.

Did you know?
      "Manifesto" is related to "manifest," which occurs in 
English as a noun, verb, and adjective. Of these, the adjective, 
which means "readily perceived by the senses" or "easily 
recognized," is oldest, dating to the 14th century. 
Both "manifest" and "manifesto" derive ultimately from the Latin 
noun "manus" ("hand") and "-festus," a combining form that is 
related to the Latin adjective "infestus," meaning "hostile." 
Something that is manifest is easy to perceive or recognize, and 
a "manifesto" is a statement in which someone makes his or her 
intentions or views easy for people to ascertain. Perhaps the 
most famous statement of this sort is the Communist Manifesto, 
written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to outline the 
platform of the Communist League.