Word of the Day for Saturday, November 3, 2007

politic \POL-ih-tik\, adjective:

1. Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political (as in the phrase "the body politic").

2. (Of persons): Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; characterized by political skill and ingenuity; hence, shrewdly tactful, cunning.

3. (Of actions or things): Pertaining to or promoting a policy; hence, judicious; expedient; as, "a politic decision."