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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for May 2, 2019 is: prodigious • \pruh-DIJ-us\  • adjective 1 : resembling or befitting a prodigy : strange , unusual 2 : causing amazement or wonder 3 : extraordinary in bulk , quantity, or degree : enormous Examples: “Along with John Ashbery, his elder by two months, Mr. Merwin was one of the defining American poets of his generation, a prodigious and prolific talent who wrote two dozen books of poetry as well as story collections, memoirs, plays and acclaimed translations.” — Harrison Smith, The Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2019 “What you may have yet to encounter, or haven’t fully noticed yet, is the growing group of current medical students who are perhaps on track to achieve even greater fame, through their prodigious and aggressive use of social media, particularly Instagram.” — Vishal Kheptal, Slate , 29 Nov. 2018 Did you know? Prodigious , monstrous , tremendous , and stupendous all mean extremely impressive. P...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for May 1, 2019 is: valetudinarian • \val-uh-too-duh-NAIR-ee-un\  • noun : a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially : one whose chief concern is his or her ill health Examples: “Dukakis succeeds by balancing the over-the-top comedy with the right dose of realism. His Argan is at once exaggerated and recognizably human…. Paranoid about his health, this classic valetudinarian is really scared of dying alone and unloved.” — Charles McNulty, The Los Angeles Times , 17 Oct. 2016 “Starting when he [John Updike] was in his late 50’s, it sometimes amused him to pretend to be a fogey and a valetudinarian . His submissions to The New Yorker … were often accompanied by a little note declaring that the enclosed was not very good and would probably be his last, because the well was going dry, the tank was empty, the field was fallow.” — Charles McGrath, The New York Times , 1 Feb. 2009 Did you know? Oddly enough, valetudina...

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 dige...

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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,...

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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 completel...

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 ab...

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 Wolfgan...

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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 unequale...

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 wind...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 appropr...

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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 i...