Eunoia

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 1/4/02 7:48:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
lists at MCFEDRIES.COM writes:

> One of my more interesting Christmas presents this season was a book called
>  "Eunoia.".
>       <snip>
>  The back-cover copy claims not only that "eunoia" means "beautiful
>  thinking," but that it's the shortest word that uses all five vowels.

from Jeff Miller's Web site "A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia"
URL http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words3.html

        "IOUEA (a genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges)"

                                         - Jim Landau