My eighth word of the week is antebellum.
According to my Mac dictionary, antebellum means:
Adj: occuring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War
Example sentence: They were from the conventions of the antebellum South.
I attended a country concert this weekend where one of my favorite new groups, Lady Antebellum, performed. They have been on the country scene for almost a year now and I had never realized, until recently, that I had no clue what antebellum meant. I decided to look it up and use it for my word of the week this week and I am glad I did. Even if I had to guess what antebellum meant, my guess would have been so far off from the actual definition. Although I know what it means now, I still don’t know why this group choose this name, so this will be the next thing I look up.
