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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 31, 2019 is: phantasm • \FAN-taz-um\  • noun 1 : a product of fantasy: as a : delusive appearance : illusion b : ghost , specter c : a figment of the imagination 2 : a mental representation of a real object Examples: “In each maze, you will follow in the footsteps of the Ghostbusters—Peter, Ray, Egon and Winston—as they venture through recreated scenes from the film, including the firehouse, New York Public Library and the Temple of Gozer, as an army of ghoulish spirits, specters and phantasms attack.” — Devoun Cetoute, The Miami Herald , 17 July 2019 “Finally I had to admit defeat: I was never going to turn around my faltering musical career. So at 31 I gave up, abandoning my musical aspirations entirely, to pursue a doctorate in public policy. … After finishing my studies, I became a university professor, a job I enjoyed. But I still thought every day about my beloved first vocation. Even now, I regularly...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 30, 2019 is: respite • \RESS-pit\  • noun 1 : a period of temporary delay 2 : an interval of rest or relief Examples: The station’s meteorologist had predicted that the bad weather would continue throughout the week without respite . “Such small, shady public spaces provide a welcome respite from busy street life and enhance the livability of the city.” — David Ross Scheer, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Sept. 2019 Did you know? Respite is first known to have been used at the turn of the 14th century to refer to a delay or extension asked for or granted for a specific reason—to give someone time to deliberate on a proposal, for example. Such a respite offered an opportunity for the kind of consideration inherent in the word’s etymology. Respite traces from the Latin term respectus (also the source of English’s respect ), which comes from respicere , a verb with both concrete and abstract meanings: “to turn around...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 29, 2019 is: lackadaisical • \lak-uh-DAY-zih-kul\  • adjective : lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid Examples: “What used to be a bar with barely passable food, boring décor and lackadaisical service has a new incarnation. Everything has been improved, starting with its transformation into a lively tavern with a menu of popular comfort foods, as well as choices for more adventurous eaters.” — Marc Bona, Cleveland.com , 6 Apr. 2017 “But it was not that they lost— … but how they lost, mired in lackadaisical  play. Jose Iglesias was thrown out at third base trying to advance in a ball on the dirt for an easy out. Blaine Hardy forgot to cover first base. And then … J.D. Martinez caught a fly ball in rightfield and assumed Jason Kipnis would hold at third base.” — Anthony French, The Detroit Free Press , 8 July 2017 Did you know? Alas, alack, there are times when life seems to be one unfortunate occurrence af...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 28, 2019 is: undulate • \UN-juh-layt\  • verb 1 : to form or move in waves : fluctuate 2 : to rise and fall in volume, pitch, or cadence 3 : to present a wavy appearance Examples: “He could hear the muffled fart of a tuba from the German oompah band warming up in Feltman’s beer garden. Beyond the garden was the Ziz coaster, hissing and undulating through the trees with the peculiar sound that gave it its name.” — Kevin Baker, Dreamland , 1999 “Mats of bright green duckweed undulated in the slow current of the La Crosse River, reminding an observer of the shape shifting in a lava lamp.” — Dave Skoloda, The La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune , 4 Sept. 2019 Did you know? Undulate and inundate are word cousins that branch from unda , the Latin word for “wave.” No surprise there. But would you have guessed that abound , surround , and redound are also unda offspring? The connection between unda and these words ...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 27, 2019 is: pedagogical • \ped-uh-GAH-jih-kul\  • adjective : of, relating to, or befitting a teacher or education Examples: New teachers will be evaluated on pedagogical skills such as lesson planning and classroom management. “If Americans agree on anything these days, it’s that our schools could be much better, and that internet culture is harming our children. I have a simple proposal to address both problems: high school classes on how to use the internet more effectively. By now the internet has such far-reaching influence that such a pedagogical intervention is called for.” — Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg , 2 July 2019 Did you know? Pedagogical , which has the somewhat less common variant form pedagogic , was coined in the early 17th century from a Greek adjective of the same meaning. That adjective, paidagōgikos , in turn, derives from the noun paidagōgos , meaning “teacher.” The English word pedagogue (which ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 26, 2019 is: aerie • \AIR-ee\  • noun 1 : the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop 2 : an elevated often secluded dwelling, structure, or position Examples: “Cradled in the limbs of an ancient (unharmed) oak, the rustic Barn Owl Tree House is a cedar-paneled aerie  overlooking the valley.” — Dale Leatherman, The Washingtonian , February 5, 2019 “A quarter-mile uphill from a cul-de-sac…, there is a 30-foot-wide gate beyond which lies another place of mythic proportions …, a 157-acre hilltop aerie with a series of sprawling, manicured fields on an escarpment rising to 1,360 feet in California’s Santa Monica Mountains….” — Alex Bhattacharji, Town & Country , February 2019 Did you know? English poet John Milton put a variant of aerie to good use in Paradise Lost (1667), writing, “… there the eagle and the stork / On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build.” But Milton wasn’t the first to use the t...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 25, 2019 is: coruscate • \KOR-uh-skayt\  • verb 1 : to give off or reflect light in bright beams or flashes : sparkle 2 : to be brilliant or showy in technique or style Examples: “You can sense [Mickaline] Thomas’s affection for these ostentatiously fabulous women. They sport towering Afros, floral-print shifts, gold lamé belts…. Lips and eyelids coruscate enough to light the way at night.” — Ariella Budick, The Financial Times , 7 Nov. 2012 “Think of the Amalfi Coast and visions come to mind of verdant hillsides brimming with pastel-color buildings reflected in the coruscating Tyrrhenian Sea.” — Sahar Khan, Vogue , 10 Nov. 2017 Did you know? To help you gain a flash of recognition next time you see coruscate (or to prompt you when you need a brilliant synonym for sparkle ), remember this bit of bright imagery by George Bernard Shaw , describing a centuries-old abbey: “O’er this north door a trace still ling...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 24, 2019 is: Noachian • \noh-AY-kee-un\  • adjective 1 : of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time 2 : ancient , antiquated Examples: “So you thought the weather of 2009 was a bit on the insane side, with a spring that seemed to last until fall and Noachian levels of rainfall? Not really, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center in Ithaca, N.Y.” — Thomas J. Morgan, The Providence Journal , 21 Nov. 2009 “Elendil, a Noachian figure, who has held off from the rebellion, and kept ships manned and furnished off the east coast of Númenor, flees before the overwhelming storm of the wrath of the West….” — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion , (1977, posthumously) Did you know? Students of the Bible know that Noah survived the Great Flood by stowing himself, his family, and male and female specimens of every kind of creature on his Ark. Noachian is derived from the Hebrew name for Noah. Modern contex...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 23, 2019 is: spoonerism • \SPOO-nuh-riz-um\  • noun : a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil ) Examples: “The girlfriend is part of the origin story of Ritt Momney [instead of Mitt Romney ]. That was the name Rutter and his friends at East High School gave to the band they formed their junior year. There wasn’t much of a thought process behind the name, a spoonerism of Utah’s junior senator and the czar of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.” — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 July 2019 “ Spoonerisms … occur when the first letter or letters of at least two words are transposed to form a nonsensical or humorous new phrase. My favorite, from childhood, is the usher who offers to ‘sew you to your sheets’ instead of show you to your seats.…” — Caitlin Lovinger, The New York Times , 7 Apr. 2018 Did you know? Poor William Archibald Spooner! ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 22, 2019 is: fiduciary • \fuh-DOO-shee-air-ee\  • adjective : of, relating to, or involving a confidence or trust: such as a : held or founded in trust or confidence b : holding in trust c : depending on public confidence for value or currency Examples: “A pet trust can be part of an existing trust or it can be drawn up separately. In a trust, you name the caretaker and you establish a fiduciary obligation for them to care for the pets in the manner and style you choose.” — Charlie Powell, The Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Idaho & Washington), 24 Aug. 2019 “This is an essential piece of insider trading that many people get wrong. The key element of insider trading is not the information. It is the fiduciary relationship breached when an insider uses that information.” — Eric Reed, TheStreet.com , 5 Feb. 2019 Did you know? Fiduciary relationships often concern money, but the word fiduciary does not, in a...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 21, 2019 is: comprise • \kum-PRYZE\  • verb 1 : to be made up of 2 : compose , constitute 3 : to include especially within a particular scope Examples: The city developers’ plans include a massive recreational complex that comprises a concert hall, four restaurants, two hotels, and a theater. “He said the city’s commission, currently comprised of three members but set up for five, is supposed to meet monthly but usually convenes only in times of need, which is rare.” — Kevin Duffy, The Morning Call , 29 Aug. 2019 Did you know? Comprise has undergone a substantial shift in usage since first appearing in English in the 15th century. For many years, grammarians insisted that the usage of comprise meaning “to be made up of,” as in phrases like “a team comprising nine players,” was correct, and that comprise meaning “to make up,” as in phrases like “the nine players who comprise the team,” was not. This dispute...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 20, 2019 is: knackered • \NAK-erd\  • adjective British : tired , exhausted Examples: “Even the most perky 20-something is going to age, have kids and get knackered eventually. And like millions before them they will turn on their TV for respite, rescue, recreation and Ready Steady Cook as their lives unfold.” — Mark Ritson, Marketing Week , 14 Feb. 2019 “There are usually some after parties, but I haven’t made them over the past few years as I’ve been  knackered !” — Daniel Ricciardo, quoted in Forbes , 15 Sept. 2017 Did you know? Knackered is derived from the past participle of knacker , a slang term meaning “to kill,” as well as “to tire, exhaust, or wear out.” The origins of the verb knacker are uncertain, but the word is perhaps related to an older noun knacker , which originally referred to a harness-maker or saddlemaker, and later referred to a buyer of animals no longer able to do farm work (or the...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 19, 2019 is: deke • \DEEK\  • verb : to fake an opponent out of position (as in ice hockey) Examples: “[Carl Yastrzemski] led the league in (outfield) assists seven times. He was great at deking the runner into thinking he’d catch the ball or it was over the wall. Most of the assists were on guys trying for doubles.” — Jon Miller, quoted in The San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2019 “After taking a pass from Diego Rossi and avoiding a sliding defender, Vela stepped around another defender inside the box, deked keeper Daniel Vega to the ground then dribbled around him….” — Kevin Baxter, The Los Angeles Times , 21 Aug. 2019 Did you know? Deke originated as a shortened form of decoy . American writer Ernest Hemingway used deke as a noun referring to hunting decoys in a number of his works, including his 1950 novel Across the River and into the Trees (“I offered to put the dekes out with him”). In the 1940s, deke...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 18, 2019 is: hobbyhorse • \HAH-bee-horss\  • noun 1 a : a figure of a horse fastened about the waist in the morris dance b : a dancer wearing this figure 2 a :  a stick having an imitation horse’s head at one end that a child pretends to ride b : rocking horse c :  a toy horse suspended by springs from a frame 3 a :  a topic to which one constantly reverts b : a pursuit outside one’s regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation : hobby Examples: “Apologies for hopping back on my hobbyhorse , but the lifeblood of every program is recruiting. The first thing Tech’s next coach must do is rustle up pro-style quarterbacks and tight ends because, for 11 years, Tech hasn’t had one.” — Mark Bradley, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , 28 Nov. 2018 “When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion,—or, in other words, when his Hobby-Horse grows headstrong,—farewell cool rea...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 17, 2019 is: maunder • \MAWN-der\  • verb 1 : chiefly British : grumble 2 : to wander slowly and idly 3 : to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly Examples: The bed-and-breakfast was delightful but we felt a bit captive in the morning as our host maundered on while we hovered at the door, hoping to escape before the morning had passed. “Listening to [Kenneth Branagh playing Hercule Poirot] feels like chatting with your neighbor over the garden hedge, and it’s all too easy to be distracted by the foliage, I’m afraid, as he maunders on about knife wounds and sleeping potions and missing kimonos.” — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 20 Nov. 2017 Did you know? Maunder looks a lot like meander , and that’s not all the two words have in common—both mean “to wander aimlessly,” either physically or in speech. Some critics have suggested that while meander can describe a person’s verbal and physical rambling, in addit...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 16, 2019 is: genial • \JEE-nee-ul\  • adjective 1 : favorable to growth or comfort : mild 2 : marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness 3 : displaying or marked by genius Examples: “What country seems more sensible? The even discourse, the reflexive politeness, the brilliant yet genial wit, that easy embrace of hellish cold: Canada is a rock. Canada is the neighbor who helps clean out your garage.… Canada is always so … solid.” — S. L. Price, Sports Illustrated , 12 Mar. 2019 “… Sony Pictures confirmed that its upcoming Fred Rogers film will be called ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.’ The announcement came by way of Twitter…, with the studio again sharing a picture of its star Tom Hanks seated on a trailer stoop in character as the genial children’s programming pioneer—cardigan and all.” — Nardine Saad, The Los Angeles Times , 28 December 2018 Did you know? Genial derives from the Latin a...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 15, 2019 is: belfry • \BEL-free\  • noun 1 : a bell tower; especially : one surmounting or attached to another structure 2 : a room or framework for enclosing a bell 3 : the seat of the intellect : head Examples: “The mission stands a little back of the town, and is a large building, or rather collection of buildings, in the centre of which is a high tower, with a belfry of five bells….” — Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the Mast , 1840 “In 1963, a stone steeple over the belfry was removed after settling of the foundation compromised its integrity.” — Stephen Mills, The Times Argus (Barre-Montpelier, Vermont), 12 July 2019 Did you know? Surprisingly, belfry does not come from bell , and early belfries did not contain bells at all. Belfry comes from the Middle English berfrey , a term for a wooden tower used in medieval sieges. The structure could be rolled up to a fortification wall so that wa...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 14, 2019 is: exoteric • \ek-suh-TAIR-ik\  • adjective 1 a : suitable to be imparted to the public b : belonging to the outer or less initiate circle 2 : relating to the outside : external Examples: As a specialist writing for a broader audience, Annette faces the challenge of producing an exoteric synthesis of complex information. “Mainstream Judaism is primarily an exoteric , or outwardly oriented, religion, with a focus on reason, philosophy and ethics. Yet it has always had an esoteric side, expressed in the kabbalah and other mystical teachings.” — Rodger Kamenetz, The San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Dec. 1990 Did you know? Exoteric derives from Latin exotericus , which is itself from Greek exōterikos , meaning “external,” and ultimately from exō , meaning “outside.” Exō has a number of offspring in English, including exotic , exonerate , exorbitant , and the combining form exo- or ex- (as in exoskeleto...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 13, 2019 is: triskaidekaphobia • \triss-kye-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\  • noun : fear of the number 13 Examples: “We’ve gathered a list of 13 local theater productions to help you get into that eerie Halloween feeling. Just don’t let triskaidekaphobia —fear of the number 13—stop you from seeing one of these theater productions opening across the state this month.” — Whitney Butters Wilde, The Deseret News , 1 Oct. 2018 “If you’ve got triskaidekaphobia , this event is not for you…. On Friday, April 13, some fans of the horror movie ‘Friday the 13th’ will get a chance to stay overnight at the New Jersey camp where the original film in the slasher series was shot.” — Amy Lieu, The New York Post , 21 Feb. 2018 Did you know? It’s impossible to say just how or when the number thirteen got its bad reputation. There are a number of theories, of course. Some say it comes from the Last Supper because Jesus was betrayed afterwards by...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 12, 2019 is: wheedle • \WEE-dul\  • verb 1 : to influence or entice by soft words or flattery 2 : to gain or get by coaxing or flattering 3 : to use soft words or flattery Examples: Suzie and Timmy wheedled the babysitter into letting them stay up an hour past their bedtime. “As we were saying, if you’ve noticed an increase recently in robocalls —those automated calls to your cellphone or landline with come-ons to lower your credit card debt or ploys to wheedle your Social Security number and other information from you—you’re hardly alone.” — editorial, The Daily Herald (Everett, Washington), 2 July 2019 Did you know? Wheedle has been a part of the English lexicon since the mid-17th century, though no one is quite sure how the word made its way into English. (It has been suggested that the term may have derived from an Old English word that meant “to beg,” but this is far from certain.) Once established in ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 11, 2019 is: idée fixe • \ee-day-FEEKS\  • noun : an idea that dominates one’s mind especially for a prolonged period : obsession Examples: “When Byrne arrived, he noticed the trees stood close together—far too narrow a space for something with broad shoulders and big feet to make a clean egress. And there, between three and five feet off the ground, snagged in the bark, he spotted the tuft of hair and piece of skin he hoped would bring him one step closer to his idée fixe , the sasquatch itself, a towering hominid of North American lore.” — Reis Thebault, The Washington Post , 6 June 2019 “Though it takes a shocking turn toward the horrific, [Flannery O’Connor’s] ‘Wise Blood’ is in fact a comedy of aberrant humors, in which every character is driven by a compulsive idée fixe .” — David Ansen, Newsweek , 17 Mar. 1980 Did you know? The term idée fixe is a 19th-century French coinage. French writer Honoré de Balza...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 10, 2019 is: blandish • \BLAN-dish\  • verb 1 : to coax with flattery : cajole 2 : to act or speak in a flattering or coaxing manner Examples: “… and all that was left of Pym, it seemed to me, as I wove my lies and blandished , and perjured myself before one kangaroo court after another, was a failing con man tottering on the last legs of his credibility.” — John Le Carré, A Perfect Spy , 1986 “What happened, and what few expected, was the birth of open-access journals that will take just about any paper, for a fee…. They send blandishing emails to scientists, inviting them to publish with them.” — Gina Kolata, The New York Times , 30 Oct. 2017 Did you know? The word blandish has been a part of the English language since at least the 14th century with virtually no change in its meaning. It ultimately derives from blandus , a Latin word meaning “mild” or “flattering.” One of the earliest known uses of blandish...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 9, 2019 is: scapegoat • \SKAYP-goat\  • noun 1 : a male goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur 2 a : one that bears the blame for others b : one that is the object of irrational hostility Examples: The financial advisor was a convenient scapegoat for some of the ill-fated business ventures that the company had undertaken over the years. “The French framed [Mata Hari] for espionage, making her the scapegoat for their losses on the Western Front, but it’s also clear that some of her inquisitors really believed she was guilty….” — Mick LaSalle, The San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2019 Did you know? On Yom Kippur, the ancient Hebrews would sacrifice one goat for the Lord and lead another one into the wilderness bearing the sins of the people. The ceremony is described in Leviticus, where it is said t...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 8, 2019 is: caustic • \KAWSS-tik\  • adjective 1 : capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive 2 : marked by incisive sarcasm 3 : relating to or being the surface or curve of a caustic Examples: A caustic substance had eaten away at the metal of the plaque, and the inscription was now impossible to read. “The lauded satirist’s caustic send-up centers on a cabal of hucksters … working to turn a phony self-help guru into a moneymaking messiah.” — Michelle Hart and Hamilton Cain, O, The Oprah Magazine , 14 Jan. 2019 Did you know? If you have a burning desire to know the origins of caustic , you’re already well on the way to figuring it out. Caustic was borrowed into English in the 14th century from the Latin causticus , which itself derives from the Greek kaustikos . Kaustikos , in turn, comes from the Greek verb kaiein , meaning “to burn.” Other kaiein descendants in English include...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 7, 2019 is: redound • \rih-DOWND\  • verb 1 : to have an effect for good or ill 2 : to become transferred or added : accrue 3 : rebound , reflect Examples: “When no one is an expert, everyone becomes an expert, and authority thus redounds to the person who is least troubled by that paradox.” — Justin Peters, Slate , 10 Sept. 2018 “General George B. McClellan … was an admirer principally of George B. McClellan; and although he was an excellent organizer and motivator of troops, he was reluctant to send his men into engagements where he could not be certain that the outcome would  redound  to the glory of their commander.” — Louis Menand, The Metaphysical Club , 2001 Did you know? Although it looks and sounds like a number of similar words (including rebound , resound , abound , and redundant ), redound is a distinct term. It developed from Middle French redunder , which in turn came from Latin ...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 6, 2019 is: amaranthine • \am-uh-RANTH-un\  • adjective 1 a : of or relating to an amaranth b : undying 2 : of a pinkish or rosy red color Examples: “At 37-years-old, most players accept they have reached their twilight years, yet goalkeepers can lead an almost amaranthine existence….” — Chris Tait, The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), 2 Apr. 2012 “Locals call it the ‘pink moment’—this phenomenon where the sky takes on a soft, amaranthine glow at dusk. Unlike most sunsets, this one comes from the east, where the Topatopa Mountains act like a mirror to reflect and diffuse the orb’s light over Ojai Valley in Ventura County.” — Ginny Prior, The Mercury News (California), 9 Oct. 2013 Did you know? Long ago poets conceived of a flower that did not fade and christened it amaranth . The appellation is rooted in the Greek word amarantos , meaning “immortal” or “unfading,” and amarantus , the Latin name of a flower (prob...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 5, 2019 is: divulge • \dih-VULJ\  • verb : to make known (something, such as a secret) Examples: “Mita Shah, a former marketing statistician, was once a devoted customer of this strip-mall parlor—so devoted that, one day in 2000, she divulged  her much-finessed recipe for mango ice cream to the owner. It was such a hit, he offered her a job.” — Ligaya Mishan, The New York Times , 2 July 2019 “Danielle was already up and watching the Discovery Channel, pretending to know more about sharks than the voice-over was willing to divulge , improvising facts as she went along, to make the ocean more interesting.” — Camille Bordas, The New Yorker , 20 May 2019 Did you know? It isn’t vulgar to make known the roots of divulge . The preceding sentence contains two hints about the origins of the word. Divulge was borrowed into Middle English in the 15th century from Latin divulgare , a word that combines the prefix dis- , ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 4, 2019 is: futhark • \FOO-thahrk\  • noun : the runic alphabet : any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries Examples: “The oldest inscriptions in the  futhark  were found in Denmark and northern Germany, dating from the first century AD; at that time the inventory consisted of twenty-four signs. Later, by the eighth century, the range used in Denmark was reduced to sixteen….” — George L. Campbell & Christopher Moseley, The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets , 2012 “Conveniently, one of the Americans … is an anthropology student studying Scandinavian rituals. His in-depth questions provide context for viewers not steeped in Nordic lore, but it’s still not always clear what he’s talking about. For instance, looking over a rune carving …, he guesses ‘Younger Futhark ?’ only to be told no, ‘Elder.'” — Danielle Burgos, Bustle , 3 July 2019 ...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 3, 2019 is: pursy • \PER-see\  • adjective 1 : having a puckered appearance 2 : proud because of one’s wealth especially in the absence of other distinctions : purse-proud Examples: “There was a picture of a pale gent with a narrow face and a woman with dark eyes and a pursy mouth.” — Stephen King, Misery , 1987 “Some guys get all pursy around the mouth when you suggest this, but figure skating is infinitely harder than ice hockey. Every four years at the Winter Olympics, figure skating fans have to listen to a lot of nonsense about how their sport lacks legitimacy.” — Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2014 Did you know? There are two adjectives spelled pursy , each with its own etymology. The one describing a puckered appearance goes back to the mid-16th century and has its source in the noun purse (“a receptacle for carrying money and other small objects”); a drawstring purse’s puckered appearanc...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 2, 2019 is: sawbones • \SAW-bohnz\  • noun slang : physician , surgeon Examples: “After abandoning his destitute family in 1913, Brinkley bought a medical degree from a ‘diploma mill’ in St. Louis. An itinerant preacher assured him that he did not have to be a bona fide sawbones to cure the ills of the world.” — Bartee Haile, The Courier (Montgomery County, Texas), 19 Jan. 2018 “Anyway, his relatives … reminded him that it’s hard to shine shoes without a heartbeat. So he went back to his sawbones  to talk about the pacemaker.” — Phil Luciano, The Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois), 28 Oct. 2017 Did you know? Sawbones cut its first literary tooth in Charles Dickens’s 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers , when Sam Weller says to Mr. Pickwick, “Don’t you know what a sawbones is, sir? … I thought everybody know’d as a sawbones was a surgeon.” An evocative term that calls to mind the saws that 19th-century surgeons u...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 1, 2019 is: mitigate • \MIT-uh-gayt\  • verb 1 : to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify 2 a : to make less severe or painful : alleviate b : to lessen the seriousness of : extenuate Examples: “Although Apple Hill receives the bulk of their visitors in October, most of its ranches and wineries are open from mid-August through December.… Last year, October traffic was mitigated by a grant-funded pilot program that brought a shuttle to Apple Hill.” — Dylan Svoboda, The Mountain Democrat (Placerville, California), 14 Aug. 2019 “More important than treating migraines once they come on is avoiding episodes to begin with, says Diamond. That means taking steps to adjust your work routine and office environment as much as possible in order to mitigate the specific factors that prompt episodes.” — Alejandro de la Garza, Time , 27 June 2019 Did you know? The meaning of mitigate is straightforward enoug...