Friday, January 11, 2013

factotum -- Isabella

fac·to·tum (fk-ttm)
n.
An employee or assistant who serves in a wide range of capacities.




[Medieval Latin facttum : Latin fac, imperative of facere, to do; see dh- in Indo-European roots + Latin ttum, everything, from neuter of ttus, all; see teut- in Indo-European roots.]

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In Isabella's apprenticeship with a film company, she was a factotum.

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