Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Panic-stricken

Panic-stricken


Definition: Extremely fightened


Etymology: Origin is around 1795-1805. The word "panic" came from the greek word "panikon", which means "pertaining to pan".Pan is the greek god of woods and field.

Sentence: The panic-stricken people were evacuated after the earthquake

Loh Zhi Yang 1-5

1 comment:

Lim Choon Chi said...

Well-done:)

I like the picture very much - really captures the meaning of the word.