It's the word of the day for November 13th.

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Today's word is bevy, spelled B-E-V-Y. Bevy is a noun. A bevy is a large group of people or things. Bevi is usually

used in the singular form and accompanied by the word of. Here's the word used in a sentence from

the Chicago Sun Times by Erica Thompson. Among several moving murals currently displayed on select CTA trains is the picture of a young girl standing among daffodils meant as a symbol of hope.

Another train features a hand painting the phrase, new ideas amid a bevy of flowers.

A third includes the phrase, help us bridge the gap,

while showing the juxtaposition of the city's pristine downtown and the disrepair of certain

neighborhoods. There's no reason to quail when confronted with a word of uncertain origins.

Some mysteries are simply destined to remain as such.

Etyologists have a bevy of theories about the roots of the word bevy, for example, but little

definitive evidence.

And that's okay.

What we do know is that bevy emerged out of Middle English as the collective noun for a number of birds and mammals

that were commonly hunted, including pheasants, partridges, roe deer, larks, and especially quail.

Bevy is still used in this way today, not only for wild game, but for gulls, hands, etc. But bevies are now most

often composed of a great many people and things, as in a bevy of reporters or a bevy of menu

options. With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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