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Bacchanalian
[BOCK-uh-nail-LeAnn ] –adjective-
Dictionary.com entry for Bacchanalian
given to reveling, evocative of the greek god St Bacchus
drunken manner of merrymaking
Also used as a noun:
A drunken reveler
might be referred to as " a Baccahanlian"
The kittens-at-play portion of
Susan Olsen's KITTENS IN PERIL
reminded me of this Thursday's word,
Bacchanalian
Online Etymology Dictionary entry for Bacchanal
1536, from L. bacchanalis "having to do with Bacchus" (Gk. Bakkhos), god of wine and revelry. His name is perhaps related to L. bacca "berry." Meaning "riotous, drunken roistering; orgy" is from 1711; Bacchanalia in this sense is from 1633, from the name of the Roman festival held in honor of Bacchus. Bacchae "female attendants of Bacchus" is from Gk. Bakkhai, pl. of Bakkhe.
- Mood:Happy
Sorry I missed last Sunday. I was coming home from vacation and kind of--well, completely--forgot to update. But enjoy this Sunday's word!
solecism / sol-uh-siz-uhm
noun
1. a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage.
2. a breach of good manners or etiquette.
3. any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.
Example: The heated debate started cooling down as Lara cinched her argument. After Lara articulated her next point, Mike was at a loss for words. In desperation, he cried out this solecism: "That's irregardless!" With that, Lara knew she had won.
Origin: 1570–80; < L soloecismus < Gk soloikismós, equiv. to sóloik(os) (Sólo(i) a city in Cilicia where a corrupt form of Attic Greek was spoken + -ikos -ic) + -ismos -ism
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* Hopefully my example works; I just wanted to talk about my intense dislike for the word(?) 'irregardless.' :P
solecism / sol-uh-siz-uhm
noun
1. a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage.
2. a breach of good manners or etiquette.
3. any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.
Example: The heated debate started cooling down as Lara cinched her argument. After Lara articulated her next point, Mike was at a loss for words. In desperation, he cried out this solecism: "That's irregardless!" With that, Lara knew she had won.
Origin: 1570–80; < L soloecismus < Gk soloikismós, equiv. to sóloik(os) (Sólo(i) a city in Cilicia where a corrupt form of Attic Greek was spoken + -ikos -ic) + -ismos -ism
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* Hopefully my example works; I just wanted to talk about my intense dislike for the word(?) 'irregardless.' :P
quad.ra.ge.nar.i.an [kwod-ruh-juh-nair-ee-uh n]
–adjective
1. 40 years of age.
2. between the ages of 40 and 50.
–noun
3. a person who is 40 years old or whose age falls between 40 and 50.
[Origin: 1830–40; < L quadrāgénāri(us) consisting of forty (quādrāgén(ī) forty each + -ārius -ary) + -an]
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Example:
Wednesday I was 39 but Thursday was my birthday so I am now a quadragenarian; yet no one has taught me the secret handshake!
–adjective
1. 40 years of age.
2. between the ages of 40 and 50.
–noun
3. a person who is 40 years old or whose age falls between 40 and 50.
[Origin: 1830–40; < L quadrāgénāri(us) consisting of forty (quādrāgén(ī) forty each + -ārius -ary) + -an]
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Example:
Wednesday I was 39 but Thursday was my birthday so I am now a quadragenarian; yet no one has taught me the secret handshake!
dilatory
[DILL-uh-tore-ree ] –adjective-
1. tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
2. intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision
Dictionary.com entry for dilatory
Though the hour of today's entry may seem dilatory,
it is, in this Midwestern time zone, still Thursday :-)
Have a great weekend everyone!
Online Etymology Dictionary entry for dilatory
1535, from L. dilatorius, from dilator "procrastinator," from dilatus, serving as pp. of differe "delay."
cupidity \kyoo-PID-uh-tee\, noun:
Eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice.
Cupidity ultimately comes from Latin cupiditas, from cupidus, "desirous," from cupere, "to desire." It is related to Cupid, the Roman god of love.
Myself, I have always believed that BMWs achieve their presence (and their grip on the collective imagination and cupidity of the middle classes) because they combine an athletic, masculine bulk and stance with feminine details and lines.
-- Stephen Bayley, "The evolution of the curve", Independent, October 22, 1998
Honorificabilitudinitatibus [Hono-rifica-bili-tudi-nita-tibus]
Noun: the state of being able to achieve honors
[Ablative Pl of Medieval Latin: honorificabilitudinitas]
Honorificabilitudinitatibus. wikipedia.org.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorifica
Example:
O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words.
I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;
for thou art not so long by the head as
honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier
swallowed than a flap-dragon."
- Costard, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1 (William Shakespeare)
This word has only appeared once in all of Shakespeare's works; it is a hapex legomenon.
Sorry about missing last week, I was too busy celebrating the 4th and started celebrating way too early.
Noun: the state of being able to achieve honors
[Ablative Pl of Medieval Latin: honorificabilitudinitas]
Honorificabilitudinitatibus. wikipedia.org.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorifica
Example:
O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words.
I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;
for thou art not so long by the head as
honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier
swallowed than a flap-dragon."
- Costard, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1 (William Shakespeare)
This word has only appeared once in all of Shakespeare's works; it is a hapex legomenon.
Sorry about missing last week, I was too busy celebrating the 4th and started celebrating way too early.
apotheosis / uh-poth-ee-oh-sis, ap-uh-thee-uh-sis
noun
1. the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.
2. the ideal example; epitome; quintessence.
Example: George Washington has been elevated to apotheosis from his own time all the way to today. There is even a painting called The Apotheosis of Washington.
Origin: 1570–80; < LL < Gk
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noun
1. the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.
2. the ideal example; epitome; quintessence.
Example: George Washington has been elevated to apotheosis from his own time all the way to today. There is even a painting called The Apotheosis of Washington.
Origin: 1570–80; < LL < Gk
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vespertine / ves-per-tin, -tahyn
adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
2. Botany. opening or expanding in the evening, as certain flowers.
3. Zoology. appearing or flying in the early evening; crepuscular.
Example: The campers moved closer to the fire as a vespertine chill settled over the woods.
Origin: 1495–1505; < L vespertīnus, equiv. to vesper vesper + -tīnus adj. suffix
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adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
2. Botany. opening or expanding in the evening, as certain flowers.
3. Zoology. appearing or flying in the early evening; crepuscular.
Example: The campers moved closer to the fire as a vespertine chill settled over the woods.
Origin: 1495–1505; < L vespertīnus, equiv. to vesper vesper + -tīnus adj. suffix
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Inchoate
[in-KO-it] –adjective-
just begun; incomplete; incipient
Dictionary.com entry for Inchoate
My article for the newsletter is due tomorrow,
but what I've written so far is inchoate, at best.
Online Etymology Dictionary entry for Inchoate
1534, from L. inchoatus, pp. of inchoare, alteration of incohare "to begin,"
originally "to hitch up," from in- "on" + cohum "strap fastened to the oxen's yoke."
- Mood:Inchoalicious
histrionic / his-tree-on-ik
adjective, noun
1. of or pertaining to actors or acting. (adj)
2. deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech. (adj)
3. an actor. (noun)
Example: The actress complained that her co-star was too histrionic, but she herself was the bigger attention-seeker.
Origin: 1640–50; < L. Latin histrōnicus of actors, equiv. to histriōn- (s. of histriō) actor (said to be < Etruscan) + -icus -ic
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adjective, noun
1. of or pertaining to actors or acting. (adj)
2. deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech. (adj)
3. an actor. (noun)
Example: The actress complained that her co-star was too histrionic, but she herself was the bigger attention-seeker.
Origin: 1640–50; < L. Latin histrōnicus of actors, equiv. to histriōn- (s. of histriō) actor (said to be < Etruscan) + -icus -ic
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Captious
[cap-shuss] –adjective-
faultfinding; critical of trivial flaws; designed to entrap
Dictionary.com entry for Captious
Thorin N. Tatge & NerdFury are so captious
as to criticize anything one posts ;-)Online Etymology Dictionary entry for Captious
c.1408, from M.Fr. captieux, from L. captiosus, from captio "a deceiving, fallacious argument," lit. "a taking (in)," from capere "to take, catch" (see capable).
- Mood:
amused
mellifluous-adjective
1. sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
2. flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey.
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While the subject of her speech was deathly boring, she had such a mellifluous voice that everyone listened anyway, to her voice if not her words.
1. sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
2. flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey.
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While the subject of her speech was deathly boring, she had such a mellifluous voice that everyone listened anyway, to her voice if not her words.
circumlocution \sir-kuhm-loh-KYOO-shuhn\, noun:
The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language.
Circumlocution comes from Latin circumlocutio, circumlocution-, from circum, "around" + loquor, loqui, "to speak."
Dickens gave us the classic picture of official heartlessness: the government Circumlocution Office, burial ground of hope in "Little Dorrit."
-- "Balance of Hardships",
Dauntlessness
dauntlessness
noun, the quality of not being intimidated; fearlessness
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from bartleby.com : Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domitre,
absolute dauntlessness if we are to survive this economic recession!
Godspeed, everyone :-)
ton·so·ri·al [ton-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]
–adjective of or pertaining to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial shop.
[Origin: 1805–15; < L tōnsōri(us) of shaving (tond(ére) to shave + -tōrius -tory1, with dt > s) + -al1]
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Example:
Bob loved the Coen Brother's movie The Man Who Wasn't There if for nothing more than its portrayal of the tonsorial arts. It begins with an overview of the various hairstyles of the time. Bob took copious notes when he saw the film; someday his Rogaine treatments will start working and this will be valuable information.
–adjective of or pertaining to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial shop.
[Origin: 1805–15; < L tōnsōri(us) of shaving (tond(ére) to shave + -tōrius -tory1, with dt > s) + -al1]
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Example:
Bob loved the Coen Brother's movie The Man Who Wasn't There if for nothing more than its portrayal of the tonsorial arts. It begins with an overview of the various hairstyles of the time. Bob took copious notes when he saw the film; someday his Rogaine treatments will start working and this will be valuable information.
penultimate
[pen-null-tah-mutt] –adjective-
1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
2. of or pertaining to a penult (next to last syllable in a word).
dictionary.com entry for Penultimate
Where does the time go? We have already reached
Thursday,
the penultimate day of the weekdays! peccadillo / pek-uh-dil-oh
noun
1. a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
Example: Although the boy's poor behavior was hardly more than a peccadillo, his mother punished him severely.
Origin: 1585–95; < Sp pecadillo, dim. of pecado sin < L peccātum transgression, n. use of neut. of ptp. of peccāre to err, offend
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noun
1. a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
Example: Although the boy's poor behavior was hardly more than a peccadillo, his mother punished him severely.
Origin: 1585–95; < Sp pecadillo, dim. of pecado sin < L peccātum transgression, n. use of neut. of ptp. of peccāre to err, offend
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splenetic
Origin: 1535–45; < LL splénéticus.
–adjective Also, sple·net·i·cal.
of the spleen; splenic.
irritable; peevish; spiteful. Claudian's splenetic verses
affected with, characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy. (Obsolete)
Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability.
vexatious, irascible, testy, fretful, touchy, petulant, choleric
–noun
a splenetic person.
A person regarded as irritable.
You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic? --Pope
The book is Black's own splenetic contribution to the recent spate of books against God that have clogged bestseller lists. --Rick Sawyer, The Bostonist May 23, 2008
Several splenetic Clinton tirades against journalists, or hecklers, are popular online, and prompted some to question if Clinton's skills are dated.--Gulf Daily News May 2, 2008
My father was given to splenetic temper tantrums and drank prodigiously - two possible reasons for the collapse of his marriage - and the shame of my mother's abrupt departure made him worse. --Rory Knight Bruce
Origin: 1535–45; < LL splénéticus.
–adjective Also, sple·net·i·cal.
of the spleen; splenic.
irritable; peevish; spiteful. Claudian's splenetic verses
affected with, characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy. (Obsolete)
Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability.
vexatious, irascible, testy, fretful, touchy, petulant, choleric
–noun
a splenetic person.
A person regarded as irritable.
You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic? --Pope
The book is Black's own splenetic contribution to the recent spate of books against God that have clogged bestseller lists. --Rick Sawyer, The Bostonist May 23, 2008
Several splenetic Clinton tirades against journalists, or hecklers, are popular online, and prompted some to question if Clinton's skills are dated.--Gulf Daily News May 2, 2008
My father was given to splenetic temper tantrums and drank prodigiously - two possible reasons for the collapse of his marriage - and the shame of my mother's abrupt departure made him worse. --Rory Knight Bruce
at·ra·bil·ious [a-truh-bil-yuhs]
–adjective
1. gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid.
2. irritable; bad-tempered; splenetic.
Also, at·ra·bil·iar.
[Origin: 1645–55; < L ātra bīli(s) black bile + -ous]
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Example:
Bob most certainly got out of bed on the wrong side this morning. He picked uninterestedly at his breakfast and cursed the other drivers on the way to work just because he didn't like the colors of their cars. He was an atrabilious grump. That settles it, he decided, next week he is going to move his collection of sharp objects away from the left side of his bed.
–adjective
1. gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid.
2. irritable; bad-tempered; splenetic.
Also, at·ra·bil·iar.
[Origin: 1645–55; < L ātra bīli(s) black bile + -ous]
Atrabilious. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/bro
Example:
Bob most certainly got out of bed on the wrong side this morning. He picked uninterestedly at his breakfast and cursed the other drivers on the way to work just because he didn't like the colors of their cars. He was an atrabilious grump. That settles it, he decided, next week he is going to move his collection of sharp objects away from the left side of his bed.
bombastic-adjective [bom-bas-tik]
(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
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He made several very good points in his speech, but it was so bombastic that no one really listened after the first minute.
(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
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He made several very good points in his speech, but it was so bombastic that no one really listened after the first minute.
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