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RE: NEW VOCABULARY WORDS - Hobbit99 - 06-26-2024
WORD(S) OF THE DAY...
Three new words today. All of these are from my reading. A couple of them look to be 'everyday' words, but beware, everything may not be exactly as it appears...
rode = This is the first of the 'strange' words. Common usage is as a past-tense form of the verb ride. As in: He rode his bike to school. However, rode can also be a Noun: Nautical term. A cable, chain, rope or line which serves as the attachment point from an anchor to a boat. Also used to describe a boats location while stationary. As in: The boat was at rode. (anchored; at anchorage).;
Etymology: From Middle English. at rode; at an anchorage
plane = The second of our 'strange' words. Common usage is as an airplane; a straight, flat uniform surface; a tool used to straighten or flatten wood surfaces, one of the natural faces or facets of a crystal, a boat under power having risen above the surface of the water is said to be "on plane". However, plane can also be a tree. Quite common in western Europe. Plane = Noun: (Botanical) Any tree of the genus platanus.
Etymology: All over the place... Latin; Ancient Greek; Old French; Middle English. Depending on the usage, this word has been around for a LONG time.
petard = something explosive; firecracker; intent to disable or breach a wall, gate, or door: idiomatic = hoisted by one's own petard (be undone by one's own schemes..); anything potentially explosive (in a non-literal sense.....) falling on your sword; shooting yourself in the foot;
Etymology: Middle French, petarder (from petard..). [French pétard, from Old French, from peter, to break wind, from pet, a breaking of wind, from Latin pēditum, from neuter past participle of pēdere, to break wind; see pezd- in Indo-European roots.]
RE: NEW VOCABULARY WORDS - Hobbit99 - 10-04-2024
Have to get back to my "word of the day" thread. My lexicon or thesaurus is running over.!! So, here are a couple of interesting words that are not as casual as some others I have posted.... not as recognizable perhaps.
copse = Noun: A thicket of small trees or shrubs; A woody glen of small growth; A thicket of brushwood; A dense growth of bushes. See also var. coppice. Verb (transitive): To trim or cut - as said of small trees or shrubs. Verb (intransitive): To plant and preserve.
Etymology: Middle English copys, fr. Old French copelz (thicket form cutting) from coper. couper (to cut)
1578: From coppice by contraction (originally "small wood grown for periodic cutting")
pollex = Noun (anatomical): The innermost digit if the hand or foot. If there are five, the thumb or Great toe, especially the thumb. Noun (zoological): The innermost digit of the fore limb only, corresponding to the human thumb. The thumb of a bird; the short digit bearing the alula or bastard wing. The moveable joint of the forceps of the lobster, crab, or crawfish.
Etymology: Latin (thumb, big toe)
RE: NEW VOCABULARY WORDS - Hobbit99 - 12-13-2024
Word Of The Day ...
I've been remiss -- I'll have to get back to some "word study"....
tartarean = Adjective: hellish, describing hades. A descriptive term used to describe feelings, smells, visions that are repulsive or indicative of concepts frequently used to describe opinions or ideas related to hell (our beliefs or understanding thereof..).
Etymology: Latin tartareus, from Greek tartareios
First (Known) Use: 1592 CE
frippery = Noun: Clothing; showy, elegant, ostentatious. (Usually) referring to clothing. Finery; Something showy, frivolous, or nonessential. Ostentation; Something foolish or affectedly elegant. Noun: (archaic - obsolete) Cast-off clothes; A place where old clothes are sold.
Etymology: Middle French friperie - alteration of Old French freperie from frepe old garment
First (Known) Use: 1568 CE (old cast-off clothes)
RE: NEW VOCABULARY WORDS - Hobbit99 - 01-14-2025
WORD OF THE DAY ...
augur = Noun: a person held to foretell events or happenings by omens. An official diviner of ancient Rome. In early Rome, augurs foretold the wisdom of military actions; were used to divine if the gods approved of specific undertakings. Early Roman augurs used observations of birds and their flight patterns as well as the study of the entrails of sacrificed animals. Verb: (transitive; intransitive) - to augur; to foretell; to predict the future, especially from omens.
Etymology: Noun: Middle English augurre, augure; from Middle French augure; borrowed from Latin augur - Verb: borrowed from Middle French augure; from latin augurare, augurari
First known use: Noun: 14th century CE; Verb (transitive): 1593 CE
RE: NEW VOCABULARY WORDS - PantherFan007 - 01-15-2025
WORD OF THE DAY: "ACID"
Use; Adjective
Definition: Making little or no sense. Ignorant.
Compound: Often used with a helping word such as "dumb" or "stupid".
Used in a sentence: "That is about the most dumb acid thing I ever seen a human bean do".
RE: NEW VOCABULARY WORDS - Hobbit99 - 01-15-2025
(01-15-2025, 03:18 PM)PantherFan007 Wrote: WORD OF THE DAY: "ACID"
Use; Adjective
Definition: Making little or no sense. Ignorant.
Compound: Often used with a helping word such as "dumb" or "stupid".
Used in a sentence: "That is about the most dumb acid thing I ever seen a human bean do".
ROTFLMAO ... (THAT's Funny..!!) That would 'fit' just as well in the "jokes" thread, OR, in with the Idiomatic speech stuff.!!Can't beat that with a stick.!
