Word of the Day: Imprimatur
Definition: The official stamp of a censorial authority allowing a publication to go to press hence any stamp of approval from an authority.
[@more@]Usage: It is still used in the literal sense in those states practicing censorship and in most churches. The imprimatur of the Roman Catholic censor in approving a book or motion picture, for example, was nihil obstat "nothing stands in the way." The Motion Picture Association of America uses several imprimaturs, G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17, to restrict the ages of people viewing a motion picture.
Suggested Usage: The word implies approval by a very strong authority. "Nothing reaches the desk of the coach without Reilly's imprimatur," means that Reilly has absolute approval over whatever crosses the coach's desk. It may also be stretched to simply mean "mark": "The glass with traces of chocolate milk is your imprimatur, Frieda; I suggest you were the one who raided the refrigerator last night."
Etymology: New Latin imprimatur "let it be printed," third person singular present subjunctive passive of Latin imprimere "to press, print" from in "in(to) + primere "press." Before [l], "in-" assimilates to "il-," before [r] to "ir-," and before [b], [p], and [m], to "im-." It is a variant of "en" and both share the same source as English "in" and Russian v "in(to)!" "Primere" is akin to "press," "pressure," "pregnant," and "espresso," the delightful little caffeinated potable brewed under pressure.
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