06-26-2024, 03:44 AM -
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.]
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.]
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