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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 30, 2019 is: circadian • \ser-KAY-dee-un\  • adjective : being, having, characterized by, or occurring in approximately 24-hour periods or cycles (as of biological activity or function) Examples: The presence and absence of light can greatly influence an organism’s circadian rhythms. “The circadian cycle is a period of approximately 24 hours. During that time, and keyed to the daily shift from light to dark and back again, the circadian clock influences rhythmic changes in both physiology and behavior.” — Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko, The Bismarck Tribune , 3 July 2018 Did you know? In 1959, a scientist formed the word circadian from the Latin words circa (“about”) and dies (“day”), and it caught on quickly. Most often, it’s seen and heard in the term circadian rhythm , which refers to the inherent cycle of about 24 hours that appears to control various biological processes, such as sleep, wakefulness, and digestiv

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 29, 2019 is: accolade • \AK-uh-layd\  • noun 1 a : a mark of acknowledgment : award b : an expression of praise 2 a : a ceremonial embrace b : a ceremony or salute conferring knighthood 3 : a brace or a line used in music to join two or more staffs carrying simultaneous parts Examples: “Black Panther has become the No. 1 movie of the year in North America ($700 million) and No. 2 worldwide ($1.35 billion) and has earned a slew of accolades  including Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations.” — Joi Childs, Hollywoodreporter.com , 7 Jan. 2019 “One by one, members around the table gave accolades  to Smedley for his assistance over the years in a number of areas, including grant writing, training and community events.” — Linda Hall, The Daily Record (Wooster, Ohio), 8 Feb. 2017 Did you know? Accolade was borrowed into English in the 16th century from French. The French noun, in turn, derives from

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 28, 2019 is: resuscitate • \rih-SUSS-uh-tayt\  • verb 1 : to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness; also : revitalize 2 : come to , revive Examples: Christine took a CPR class to learn how to resuscitate victims of heart attacks, near drowning, and other medical emergencies. “The government’s usual tactics to resuscitate growth—unleashing a wave of loans or spending on infrastructure—won’t be much help for the service, financial and tech industries. Experts say the government will need to think of long-term policy reforms to get over this bump.” — Alisha Haridasani Gupta, The New York Times , 14 Mar. 2019 Did you know? The 16th century was a good one for words ending in the suffix -ate . Not only did our featured word, resuscitate , breathe life into the English language but so did the verbs anticipate (“to give advance thought, discussion, or treatment to”), eradicate (“to do away with completely”),

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 27, 2019 is: logy • \LOH-ghee\  • adjective : sluggish , groggy Examples: I was feeling logy after eating such a big meal, so I decided to take a brief nap. “The movie is a diverting live-wire lark—one that, for my money, gets closer to the spirit of what Robin Hood is about than the  logy  1991 Kevin Costner version or the dismal 2010 Russell Crowe version.” — Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 20 Nov. 2018 Did you know? Based on surface resemblance, you might guess that logy (also sometimes spelled loggy ) is related to groggy , but that’s not the case. Groggy ultimately comes from “Old Grog,” the nickname of an English admiral who was notorious for his cloak made of a fabric called grogram —and for adding water to his crew’s rum. The sailors called the rum mixture grog after the admiral. Because of the effect of grog, groggy came to mean “weak and unsteady on the feet or in action.” No one is really sure about the origin

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 26, 2019 is: putsch • \PUTCH\  • noun : a secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government Examples: The graduate-level seminar focuses on the events surrounding the August 1991 putsch against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. “[Christian Petzold’s] thriller Transit twists modern concerns about national identity, immigration, and fascism into a personal, artsy mystery. Petzold starts with Georg …, an emotionally wounded German living in France, during a spookily contemporary, unspecified putsch , who seeks refuge in the Americas.” — Armond White, National Review , 13 Mar. 2019 Did you know? In its native Swiss German, putsch originally meant “knock” or “thrust,” but these days both German and English speakers use it to refer to the kind of government overthrow also known as a coup d’état or coup . Putsch debuted in English shortly before the tumultuous Kapp Putsch of 1920, in which Wolfgang Ka

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 25, 2019 is: nonpareil • \nahn-puh-REL\  • adjective : having no equal Examples: The chef is well-known for his mastery at creating savory entrées, but it is his dessert creations that are nonpareil . “Louis Armstrong was a God-gifted cultural amalgamation of all the best that America has to offer: He was an artist and humanitarian of the highest order.… [He] broke down artistic, racial, social, and cultural barriers. Using his nonpareil trumpet ability, he reinvented American music.” — Jon Batiste, quoted in Billboard , 31 May 2017 Did you know? Trace nonpareil back to its Middle French origins, and you’ll find that it comes from a term meaning “not equal.” Pareil itself comes from a Vulgar Latin form of par , which means “equal.” Nonpareil has served as an English adjective since the 15th century, and since about the turn of the 16th century, it has also functioned as a noun describing an individual of unequaled ex

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 24, 2019 is: writhe • \RYTHE\  • verb 1 : to move or proceed with twists and turns 2 : to twist from or as if from pain or struggling 3 : to suffer keenly Examples: Kelly watched the earthworm writhe across the driveway and toward the garden. “When the coast is clear, start peeling off your wetsuit. This is easier said than done because sweat-soaked neoprene clings to your flesh like a second skin. So, as you writhe and squirm to free yourself, think of a beautiful butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.” — Irv Oslin, The Ashland (Ohio) Times-Gazette , 21 Feb. 2019 Did you know? Writhe wound its way into English from the Old English verb wrīthan (“to twist”) and is akin to the Old English verb wrigian (“to turn or go”). Wrigian gave us our words wriggle , awry , and wry . When something wriggles, it twists from side to side with quick movements, like an earthworm. When something goes awry, it twists or winds of

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 23, 2019 is: inexorable • \i-NEK-suh-ruh-bul\  • adjective : not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless Examples: “The question is, what is Nashville anymore, if not gritty joints that nurtured musicians and songwriters? Yes, change is the inexorable constant, but at such an accelerated pace, we are seeing the fabric of Nashville culture being ripped away and replaced with the glitz not of rhinestones, but of klieg lights and slick outsiders spoiling for a deal.” — Jim Myers, The Nashville Ledger , 1 Mar. 2019 “As the cost of public school leadership continues its inexorable rise, so do the taxpayer-funded pensions received by educators when they retire.” — David McKay Wilson, lohud.com , 7 Mar. 2019 Did you know? The Latin antecedent of inexorable is inexorabilis , which is itself a combination of the prefix in- , meaning “not,” plus exorabilis , meaning “pliant” or “capable of being moved by entreaty.” I

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 22, 2019 is: intoxicate • \in-TAHK-suh-kayt\  • verb 1 : poison 2 a : to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished  b : to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy Examples: “But, even as a child, [George] Benjamin preferred classical music: Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring,’ Mussorgsky’s ‘Night on Bald Mountain,’ Dukas’s ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,’ and Beethoven above all. He was ‘ intoxicated by music,’ he told me, noting, ‘If I had an afternoon off, I would spend it looking at scores, practicing the piano, writing music….'” — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 17 Sept. 2018 “I ate the berries myself, my tongue carefully and eagerly pressing each one to my palate. The sweet, aromatic juice of each squashed berry intoxicated me for a second.” — Varlam Shalamov, “Berries” in Kolyma Stories , 2018 Did you know? For those who t

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 21, 2019 is: resurrection • \rez-uh-REK-shun\  • noun 1 a ( capitalized Resurrection ) : the rising of Christ from the dead b ( often capitalized Resurrection ) : the rising again to life of all the human dead before the final judgment c : the state of one risen from the dead 2 : resurgence , revival Examples: “After the ceremony was concluded upon the present occasion, I felt all the easier…. [All] the days I should now live would be as good as the days that Lazarus lived after his resurrection ; a supplementary clean gain of so many months or weeks as the case might be.” — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick , 1851 “Every few weeks I get a press release declaring that coal is going to make a comeback, but reports of the resurrection have been greatly exaggerated.” — Chris Tomlinson, The Houston Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2019 Did you know? In the 1300s, speakers of Middle English borrowed resurreccioun from Anglo-French.

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 20, 2019 is: propitious • \pruh-PISH-us\  • adjective 1 : favorably disposed : benevolent 2 : being a good omen : auspicious 3 : tending to favor : advantageous Examples: With the economy emerging from a recession, it was a propitious time to invest in a start-up. “My instincts tell me that this is a propitious moment in time, a time when people support and insist upon decisive action, a time when policymakers have the courage and commitment to move forward with ideas that may seem bold but are, in essence, sensible and straightforward.” — James Aloisi, Commonwealth Magazine , 7 Mar. 2019 Did you know? Propitious , which comes to us through Middle English from the Latin word propitius , is a synonym of favorable and auspicious . All three essentially mean “pointing toward a happy outcome,” with some differences of emphasis. Favorable implies that someone or something involved in a situation is approving or hel

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 19, 2019 is: ecstatic • \ek-STAT-ik\  • adjective : of, relating to, or marked by ecstasy Examples: Greta and Paul were ecstatic when their daughter called to tell them that they were soon going to be grandparents. “Harold Pinter established himself as Britain’s foremost dramatist by placing inscrutable characters in cryptic situations and he was bound to keep the production line in motion, knowing that his oblique scripts would be greeted by genuflecting reviewers, ecstatic professors of literature and shrewd thesps ululating with approval at every rehearsal.” — Lloyd Evans, The Spectator , 24 Nov. 2018 Did you know? Ecstatic has been used in our language since the late 16th century, and the noun ecstasy is even older, dating from the 1300s. Both derive from the Greek verb existanai (“to put out of place”), which was used in a Greek phrase meaning “to drive someone out of his or her mind.” That seems an appropriate

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 18, 2019 is: adversary • \AD-ver-sair-ee\  • noun : one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent Examples: Despite the fact that they have been political adversaries for years, the two state senators worked together to rally bipartisan support for the bill. “Try these strategies to engage your boss as a partner in your success rather than an adversary who’s getting in your way.” — Nate Regier, The Wichita Eagle , 7 Mar. 2019 Did you know? If you’ve ever had someone turn on you and become your adversary, you’ve inadvertently lived out the etymology of adversary . The word is from the Latin adjective adverāsarius (“turned toward” or “antagonistic toward”), which in turn can be traced back to the verb advertere , meaning “to turn toward.” Advertere itself derives from ad- and vertere (“to turn”), and vertere is the source of a number of English words. Along with obvious derivatives, like inadv

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 17, 2019 is: gullible • \GULL-uh-bul\  • adjective : easily duped or cheated Examples: “I’m not so gullible as to think I really won this cash sweepstakes,” said Aunt Mary, though she went ahead and opened the envelope that told her she had won, just in case it wasn’t a scam. “The conclusion that some people are more gullible than others is the understanding in popular culture—but in the scientific world it’s pitted against another widely believed paradigm , shaped by several counterintuitive studies that indicate we’re all equally biased, irrational and likely to fall for propaganda, sales pitches and general nonsense.” — Faye Flam, The Chicago Tribune , 4 Jan. 2019 Did you know? Don’t fall for anyone who tries to convince you that gullible isn’t entered in the dictionary. It’s right there , along with the run-on entries gullibility and gullibly . All three words descend from the verb gull , meaning “to deceive or t

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 16, 2019 is: shanghai • \shang-HYE\  • verb 1 a : to put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drug  b : to put by force or threat of force into or as if into a place of detention 2 : to put by trickery into an undesirable position Examples: Nate was shanghaied by his sister into helping her sell shirts at the lacrosse tournament after her friend bailed out. “In time, the new novel, lurching around his psyche, dragged itself away and became real. How I loved to see him shanghaied like that, careening down the rum-soaked wharves of imagination….” — Diane Ackerman, Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir , 2011 Did you know? In the 1800s, long sea voyages were very difficult and dangerous, so people were understandably hesitant to become sailors. But sea captains and shipping companies needed crews to sail their ships, so they gathered sailors any way they could—even if that meant resorting to kidnapping

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 15, 2019 is: katzenjammer • \KAT-sun-jam-er\  • noun 1 : hangover 2 : distress, depression, or confusion resembling that caused by a hangover 3 : a discordant clamor Examples: “I drank too much that night and woke up submerged in a post-wine katzenjammer the next morning. My head was buzzing, and every fiber of my body slowly shriveled and wilted as the alcohol exited it.” — Mac Lethal, Texts from Bennett , 2013 “The highest purpose of bar food, in all its cheesy, starchy, pinguid , deep-fried trashiness, is to sponge up as many bad decisions as possible before you wake up with a katzenjammer .” — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader , 22 Mon. 2015 Did you know? Have you ever heard a cat wailing and felt that you could relate? Apparently some hungover German speakers once did. Katzenjammer comes from German Katze (meaning “cat”) and Jammer (meaning “distress” or “misery”). English speakers borrowed the word for their hangov

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 14, 2019 is: veritable • \VAIR-uh-tuh-bul\  • adjective : being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary — often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor Examples: “The availability of movies and TV shows on streaming services is a veritable merry-go-round these days, with so many titles coming and going that it’s hard to keep things straight.” — Bryan Bishop, The Verge , 29 July 2016 “Putting on shows at the amphitheater takes a large cohort of people, each with their own expertise, and I began to see that theatre was a veritable smorgasbord of options: lights, sound, props, costumes … director, actor, stage manager, etc.” — Casey Joiner, quoted in The Daily Toreador (Texas Tech University), 25 Feb. 2019 Did you know? Veritable, like its close relative verity (“truth”), came to English through Anglo-French from Latin. It is ultimately derived from verus , the Latin word for “true,” which also gav

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 13, 2019 is: cubit • \KYOO-bit\  • noun : any of various ancient units of length based on the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger and usually equal to about 18 inches (46 centimeters) Examples: The teacher explained that the ancient Egyptians did not measure things in feet and yards as we do but rather calculated measurements using the cubit . “Noah’s big boat, 300 cubits long by 50 cubits wide by 30 cubits high and jammed to its gunwales with wildlife, has been a favorite metaphor among books about biological diversity.” — David Quammen, The New York Times Book Review , 23 Apr. 1995 Did you know? The cubit is an ancient unit of length that may have originated in Egypt close to 5,000 years ago. Cubit can refer to various units used in the ancient world, the actual length of which varied from time to time and place to place, but which was generally equivalent to the length of the huma

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 12, 2019 is: thole • \THOHL\  • verb chiefly dialectal : endure Examples: “There was now temptation to resist, as well as pain to thole .” — Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped , 1886 “They view bad weather—whether it be a temperature of minus 14 or the northerly wind that comes howling down the loch —as a pleasurable challenge rather than something to be tholed .” — Peter Ross, The Scotsman , 1 Oct. 2012 Did you know? Thole has a long history in the English language. It existed in Middle English in its current form, and in Old English in the form tholian , but in these modern times, it tholes only in a few of England’s northern dialects. It has, however, a linguistic cousin far more familiar to most English speakers: the word tolerate traces back to Latin tolerare , meaning “to endure, put up with,” and tolerare and tholian share a kinship with the Greek verb tlēnai , meaning “to bear.” Unrelated to our featured word

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 11, 2019 is: despot • \DESS-putt\  • noun 1 a : a ruler with absolute power and authority b : one exercising power tyrannically : a person exercising absolute power in a brutal or oppressive way 2 a : a Byzantine emperor or prince b Christianity : a bishop or patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church c : an Italian hereditary prince or military leader during the Renaissance Examples: “We like to think that, in a tyrannizing world, the best and the bravest thing is to beat the despots down. The worst thing, though, is that you become a tyrant yourself.” — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 24 July 2017 “Throughout the world, despots are … probably monitoring Internet traffic, communications and behavior—in many cases using surveillance technology supplied by U.S. and other Western companies.” — Robert Morgus and Justin Sherman, The Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2019 Did you know? In his 1755 dictionary, Samuel Johns

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 10, 2019 is: Parthian • \PAR-thee-un\  • adjective 1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Parthia or its people 2 : relating to, being, or having the effect of a shot fired while in real or feigned retreat Examples: After being fired, the coach gave a Parthian shot to the general manager informing him that he was a churlish miser. “Although the exact origins of polo are unknown, it earned its reputation as ‘the sport of kings’ in the Parthian  Empire in Persia and the Byzantine Empire…” — Town & Country , May 2018 Did you know? The adjective Parthian , which often shows up in the phrase “Parthian shot,” has its roots in the military strategies of the ancient Parthians. One of the fighting maneuvers of Parthian horsemen was to discharge arrows while in real or feigned retreat. The maneuver must have been memorable because “Parthian shot” continues to be used for a “ parting shot ,” or a cutting remark

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 9, 2019 is: opusculum • \oh-PUSK-yuh-lum\  • noun : a minor work (as of literature) — usually used in plural Examples: The book is a collection of opuscula written by the author between her two major novels. “[Maria] Artamonova offers short summaries of most of Tolkien’s satellite opuscula in roughly their order of composition— The Father Christmas Letters , Roverandom , Mr. Bliss , Farmer Giles of Ham , “Leaf by Niggle,” and Smith of Wootton Major .” — Jason Fisher, Mythlore , 22 Sept. 2016 Did you know? Opusculum —which is often used in its plural form opuscula —comes from Latin, where it serves as the diminutive form of the noun opus , meaning “work.” In English, opus can refer to any literary or artistic work, though it often specifically refers to a musical piece. Being a diminutive of opus , opusculum logically refers to a short or minor work. Unlike its more famous relation, however, opusculum is most often u

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 8, 2019 is: cerebral • \suh-REE-brul\  • adjective 1 a : of or relating to the brain or the intellect b : of, relating to, affecting, or being the cerebrum 2 a : appealing to intellectual appreciation b : primarily intellectual in nature Examples: “All exercise is good for the brain. Physical activity increases cerebral blood flow, reduces brain-damaging plaques and works to promote brain health at a cellular level.” — Marilynn Preston, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune , 29 Jan. 2019 “[Sally] Rooney poses far more questions than answers in her tart, cerebral book about young anti-establishment poets and writers attempting to transcend their own glibness.” — Katy Waldman, Slate , 12 Dec. 2017 Did you know? English borrowed its word cerebrum directly from the Latin word for “brain,” but the adjective cerebral , though from the same source, took a slightly more circuitous route, making its way into English by way of Fre

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 7, 2019 is: sashay • \sa-SHAY\  • verb 1 : to make a chassé 2 a : walk , glide , go b : to strut or move about in an ostentatious or conspicuous manner c : to proceed or move in a diagonal or sideways manner Examples: “… our springs often seem more like a magical mystery tour than just another day on the calendar; life exploding out of the ground, flowers everywhere … ; the smell of freshly cut grass; a lighter step in a young man’s foot, young women smiling for no reason at all as they sashay along Queen Street.” — J. D. Reid, The Niagara-on-the-Lake Advance , 26 Mar. 2018 “Best known as the sparkly-suited man behind the world-touring, billion dollar-earning extravaganza that is  Lord of the Dance , Michael Flatley—who hung up his dancing shoes in 2016 … —has spent the past couple of years quietly sashaying into the world of filmmaking.” — Alex Ritman, Hollywoodreporter.com , 28 Sept. 2018 Did you know? Orthogr

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 6, 2019 is: moiety • \MOY-uh-tee\  • noun 1 a : one of two equal parts : half b : one of two approximately equal parts 2 : one of the portions into which something is divided : component , part 3 : one of two basic complementary tribal subdivisions Examples: “They came from the sea—these members of the Eagle moiety —paddling their ceremonial canoes, singing traditional songs. Waiting on the shore were members of the Raven moiety , counterparts to the Eagles in the traditional world of the Haida Indians.” — Doug O’Harra, The Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News , 15 Sep. 1996 “Most of the glucose in the body goes directly into cells where it’s modified to produce the energy source ATP . However about 5 percent of all glucose is converted to another sugar moiety , O-GlcNAc, one of the sugar types that can modify proteins.” — ScienceDaily.com , 12 May 2009 Did you know? Moiety is one of thousands of words that English s

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 5, 2019 is: brummagem • \BRUM-ih-jum\  • adjective : not genuine : spurious ; also : cheaply showy : tawdry Examples: The members of the bachelorette party stumbled out of the limousine with the bride wearing a brummagem tiara and sash. “Just as critics … conceived high culture in some antithetical relationship to ‘middlebrow’ or ‘kitsch,’ which imitated the intelligentsia’s culture and blurred the distinction between commodity and art, so too, they warned, the spirit of Christianity now had to be preserved from its brummagem versions….” — Jason W. Stevens, God-Fearing and Free , 2010 Did you know? Brummagem first appeared in the 17th century as an alteration of Birmingham , the name of a city in England. At that time Birmingham was notorious for the counterfeit coins made there, and the word brummagem quickly became associated with things forged or inauthentic. By the 19th century, Birmingham had become a chief m

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 4, 2019 is: rowel • \ROWL\  • verb 1 : to goad with or as if with a pointed disk at the end of a spur 2 : vex , trouble Examples: “He folded the book shut, touched his hat, moved to the wagon, and roweled the horses around.” — Colum McCann, TransAtlantic , 2013 “Then suddenly he found himself at the end of his money.… Hunger rode him and roweled him. He was no longer well fed, comfortable.” — Frank Norris, McTeague , 1899 Did you know? If you’ve seen Western movies, you’ve seen rowels. The noun rowel names the circular, point-covered disk on the end of a spur that is used to urge powerful steeds to maximum speeds. But cowboys didn’t invent rowels; knights in shining armor were sporting them even before the 12th century. English speakers of yore picked up the noun rowel from the Anglo-French roele , meaning “small wheel.” It wasn’t until the 16th century that rowel began to be used as a verb for the act of spurring

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 3, 2019 is: arduous • \AHR-juh-wus\  • adjective 1 a : hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult b : marked by great labor or effort : strenuous 2 : hard to climb : steep Examples: Every summer, right before the beginning of the new school year, the football team begins its season with “Hell Week,” an arduous six days of conditioning and training. “The mission has been long and the road arduous for Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL, which has, in some iteration or another, been working on the concept of a lunar lander for nearly a decade.” — Chabeli Herrera, The Orlando (Florida) Sentinel , 20 Feb. 2019 Did you know? “To forgive is the most arduous pitch human nature can arrive at.” When Richard Steele published that line in The Guardian in 1713, he was using arduous in what was apparently a fairly new way for English writers in his day: to imply that something was steep or lofty as well as difficult or strenuous. Ste

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 2, 2019 is: fantod • \FAN-tahd\  • noun 1 plural fantods a : a state of irritability and tension b : fidgets 2 : an emotional outburst : fit Examples: The movie’s graphic imagery gave me the fantods —I had to turn it off. “Orin’s special conscious horror, besides heights and the early morning, is roaches. There’d been parts of metro Boston near the Bay he’d refused to go to, as a child. Roaches give him the howling fantods .” — David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest , 1996 Did you know? “You have got strong symptoms of the fantods; your skin is so tight you can’t shut your eyes without opening your mouth.” Thus, American author Charles Frederick Briggs provides us with an early recorded use of fantods in 1839. Mark Twain used the word to refer to uneasiness or restlessness as shown by nervous movements—also known as the fidgets—in Huckleberry Finn : “They was all nice pictures, I reckon, but I didn’t somehow seem t

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 1, 2019 is: hoodwink • \HOOD-wink\  • verb : to deceive by false appearance : dupe Examples: All would be wise to remember that we’re especially likely to be hoodwinked on April Fools’ Day. “Madsen’s fascination with space and rockets and technology could hoodwink you into thinking he was a man of the future; you could miss the fact that his obsession was rooted in nostalgia.” — Jeong May Sori, Wired , March 2018 Did you know? A now-obsolete sense of the word wink is “to close one’s eyes,” and hoodwink once meant to cover the eyes of someone, such as a prisoner, with a hood or blindfold. ( Hoodwink was also once a name for the game of blindman’s buff .) This 16th-century term soon came to be used figuratively for veiling the truth. “The Public is easily hood-winked,” wrote the Irish physician Charles Lucas in 1756, by which time the figurative use had been around for quite a while—and today, the meaning of the word

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