Word Spelled by 2009 Spelling Bee Winner

The word "laodicean" was correctly spelled by Kavya Shivashankar making her the National Spelling Bee 2009 Winner.


Definition given at the Spelling Bee
"lukewarm or indifferent to religion or politics"
origin of this particular sense/meaning:
from the Bible (Revelation Chapter 3, verses 14–16)

The noun Laodicean refers to a native or inhabitant of Laodicea, an ancient city of western Asia Minor in present-day Turkey.