imbricate

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The Word of the Day for October 26 is: 

imbricate   \IM-brih-kut\   adjective
      : lying lapped over each other in regular order

Example sentence:
          The antique mirror had tiny imbricate gold squares around its edge.

Did you know?
          The ancient Romans knew how to keep the interior of their villas dry 
when it rained. They covered their roofs with overlapping curved tiles so the 
“imber” (Latin for "pelting rain" or “rain shower”) couldn't seep in. The tiles 
were, in effect, "rain tiles," so the Romans called them “imbrices” (singular 
“imbrex”). The verb for installing the tiles was “imbricare,”  and English 
speakers used its past participle -- “imbricatus” -- to create "imbricate," 
which was first used as adjective meaning "overlapping (like roof tiles)" and 
later became a verb meaning "to overlap."





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