Word of the Day

Sunday, January 09, 2000

constitutional

\kon-stih-TOO-shuhn-uhl; -TYOO-\ , noun;

A walk taken for one's health.

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Quotes:

Kerensky was, I imagine, on his usual early morning constitutional.

-- Richard Elman, Namedropping: Mostly Literary Memoirs

"Estha Mon!" he would call out, in his high, piping voice, frayed and fibrous now, like sugarcane stripped of its bark. "Good morning! Your daily constitutional?"

-- Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

Origin:

A constitutional is so called because it is taken for the benefit of one's constitution.