Word of the Day - Seminal

[debodun]

Seminal (adjective) - 1) containing or contributing the seeds of later development : creative, original. 2) Of, relating to, or consisting of seed or semen.

The student wrote a seminal essay on Roman history which the professor quoted in his lecture.

 

[ohioboy]

Terry v. Ohio (1968) was a seminal Supreme Court decision introducing the controversial "Stop and Frisk" doctrine.

 

[Rose65]

That word is always being used on radio 4.