A.Word.A.Day--simpatico

[Dave Monroe]

A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

simpatico

PRONUNCIATION:
(sim-PAH-ti-ko, -PAT-i-)

MEANING:
adjective:
1. Like-minded; compatible.
2. Congenial; likable.

ETYMOLOGY:
Via Italian or Spanish from Latin sympathia (sympathy), from Greek
sympatheia, from sym- (together with) + pathos (emotion, suffering).

USAGE:
"Basil and tomatoes are simpatico in so many ways. One major trait
they share is that neither should ever be refrigerated unless they
have been chopped."
Bill Ward; Warm, Flavorful, Fresh Summer Food; The Arizona Daily Star
(Tucson); Jul 29, 2009.

http://wordsmith.org/words/simpatico.html

E.g., ...

"John Nefastis beamed at her, simpatico, and brought out his Machine
from a workroom in back." (Lot 49, Ch. 5)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/9450042/Pynchon-Thomas-The-Crying-of-Lot-49
http://www.innternet.de/~peter.patti/thomaspynchon-thecryingoflot49.htm
http://www.en8848.com.cn/fiction/Fiction/Gerneral/58864_6.html
http://www.flamewars.org/~phil/books/Pynchon,%20Thomas/Pynchon,%20Thomas%20-%20The%20Crying%20of%20Lot%2049.pdf