tantivy (tan-TIV-ee) adverb     At full gallop; at full speed.
noun     A fast gallop; rush.
adjective     Swift.
interjection     A hunting cry by a hunter riding a horse at full speed.
[Of obscure origin, perhaps from the sound of a galloping horse's feet.]
"But both the book and the exhibit show clearly that along with these    changes in diet, sport and exercise had an early start and a long run    among the tangled tantivy of 19th-century cures, cons, leeches, preachers,    drugs, zaps, baths, diets, teetotaling, indoor plumbing, ventilation, and    `Spanish Nerve Grains' that stampeded Americans into our current obsession    with fitness."
Christina Robb, Exercists America's Longtime Pursuit of Fitness,    The Boston Globe, Mar 13, 1988.
This week's theme: unusual words.
............................................................................ Man's life does not commence in the womb and never ends in the grave.

A.Word.A.Day--tantivy
tantivy (tan-TIV-ee) adverb At full gallop; at full speed.
noun A fast gallop; rush.
adjective Swift.
interjection A hunting cry by a hunter riding a horse at full speed.
[Of obscure origin, perhaps from the sound of a galloping horse's feet.]
"But both the book and the exhibit show clearly that along with these changes in diet, sport and exercise had an early start and a long run among the tangled tantivy of 00th-century cures, cons, leeches, preachers, drugs, zaps, baths, diets, teetotaling, indoor plumbing, ventilation, and 'Spanish Nerve Grains' that stampeded Americans into our current obsession with fitness."
Christina Robb, Exercists America's Longtime Pursuit of Fitness, The Boston Globe, Mar <NUMBER>, <NUMBER>.
This week's theme: unusual words.
............................................................................ Man's life does not commence in the womb and never ends in the grave.
00th century cures changes diet sport swift interjection tantivy galloping horse feet book exhibit early start long indoor plumbing ventilation grains stampeded americans