Word of the Day: April 6, 2009 ~ syzygy

syzygy - (siz-i-jee)- noun

Syzygy is the "conjunction or opposition of a heavenly body with the sun."

Also "any two related things, either alike or opposite."

The word syzygy was first used around 1650-1660, from the Latin syzygia. The Greek word syzygia meant "yoke, pair, union of two" from syzygein, meaning "to yoke together."

**Syzygy is the shortest word in English with three ys.