Versailles and Versatile

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Capable of doing many things competently.

Having varied uses or serving many functions: "The most versatile of vegetables is the tomato" (Craig Claiborne).

Variable or inconstant; changeable: a versatile temperament.

Biology. Capable of moving freely in all directions, as the antenna of an insect, the toe of an owl, or the loosely attached anther of a flower.

[Latin verstilis, from verstus, past participle of versre, to turn. See wer-2 in Indo-European Roots.]

Versailles was some palace in France, if I recall, where they ate cake and people got beheaded. Quite different from versatile. I'd go so far as to say that it was a lack of versatility on the monarch's part that led to the French Revolution, but I digress.

Re: Versailles and Versatile


Well, they are both (of) French (origin) and thus bad per se. :wink:

so are sheiss and shyster (German) so poo poo on you Walter.

Well, of course I'm a poo poo poltergeist.