Word of the Day: EFFACEMENT

Erasing or easing into the background

effacement (noun) - the process of erasing, hiding, or reducing to insignificance [ih-feys-muhnt]

BREAKDOWN: E- (out) + FACE- (face) + -MENT (act or state)

• to efface means to eliminate, erase, or make indistinct

• self-effacing means acting humble, inconspicuous, or unimportant

“I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like the banana. But a modest, self-effacing vegetable, questioning, introspective, peeling itself away, or merely radiating halos like ripples.” —Erica Jong