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Tuesday word: Admonish
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Admonish (verb)
admonish [ ad-mon-ish ]
verb (used with object)
1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
2. to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner: The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.
3. to urge to a duty; remind: to admonish them about their obligations.
Other Words From
ad·mon·ish·er noun
ad·mon·ish·ing·ly adverb
ad·mon·ish·ment noun
pre·ad·mon·ish verb (used with object)
Related Words
advise, berate, censure, chide, enjoin, exhort, rebuke, reprimand, scold, upbraid, warn
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
2. upbraid, censure, rebuke
Synonym Study
See warn. See reprimand.
Origin: First recorded in 1275–1325; late Middle English admonish, amonesche, admonesse, amoness, Middle English a(d)monest (with -t later taken as past participle suffix), from Anglo-French, Old French amonester, from Vulgar Latin admonestāre (unrecorded), apparently derivative of Latin admonēre “to remind, give advice to” (source of -est- is uncertain), equivalent to ad- ad- ( def ) + monēre “to remind, warn”; monitor ( def )
Example Sentences
Savage went on to empower our community to admonish naysayers of queer party-going, community enrichment, and quality time — however we choose to define those terms.
From Salon
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has been admonished after entering the private chambers of other judges and going through their papers and computers, according to the California Commission on Judicial Performance.
From Los Angeles Times
She was spared further punishment and admonished by Lord Beckett after he heard Gallagher had not offended over the last year.
From BBC
He admonished Joe Biden’s administration as “the worst in history” and he swore that countries across the globe were releasing gang members from prisons to invade our country.
From Salon
Spencer was years ahead of other Republicans in admonishing the GOP to be more welcoming to Latinos.
From Los Angeles Times
Admonish (verb)
admonish [ ad-mon-ish ]
verb (used with object)
1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
2. to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner: The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.
3. to urge to a duty; remind: to admonish them about their obligations.
Other Words From
ad·mon·ish·er noun
ad·mon·ish·ing·ly adverb
ad·mon·ish·ment noun
pre·ad·mon·ish verb (used with object)
Related Words
advise, berate, censure, chide, enjoin, exhort, rebuke, reprimand, scold, upbraid, warn
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
2. upbraid, censure, rebuke
Synonym Study
See warn. See reprimand.
Origin: First recorded in 1275–1325; late Middle English admonish, amonesche, admonesse, amoness, Middle English a(d)monest (with -t later taken as past participle suffix), from Anglo-French, Old French amonester, from Vulgar Latin admonestāre (unrecorded), apparently derivative of Latin admonēre “to remind, give advice to” (source of -est- is uncertain), equivalent to ad- ad- ( def ) + monēre “to remind, warn”; monitor ( def )
Example Sentences
Savage went on to empower our community to admonish naysayers of queer party-going, community enrichment, and quality time — however we choose to define those terms.
From Salon
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has been admonished after entering the private chambers of other judges and going through their papers and computers, according to the California Commission on Judicial Performance.
From Los Angeles Times
She was spared further punishment and admonished by Lord Beckett after he heard Gallagher had not offended over the last year.
From BBC
He admonished Joe Biden’s administration as “the worst in history” and he swore that countries across the globe were releasing gang members from prisons to invade our country.
From Salon
Spencer was years ahead of other Republicans in admonishing the GOP to be more welcoming to Latinos.
From Los Angeles Times
Monday Word: Anaglypta
Mar. 24th, 2025 10:15 amstonepicnicking_okapianaglypta
noun [a-nə-glip-tə]
1. embossed wallpaper, a type of wallpaper that has a permanent raised design [often used before another noun]
examples
1. Three coats of deep blue paint bring out the texture in the anaglypta wall covering. Barbara Hertenstein, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 29 Apr. 2000
2. These Victorian and Edwardian houses often conceal the evidence of earlier tastes in decoration—contoured Anaglypta wallpaper, dark varnishes, here and there the piece of stained glass that must have added to the general gloom. Alexander McCall Smith, Sunday Times (London), 27 Apr. 2008
3. The bed was a four-poster, hung with patterned drapes that matched the Anaglypta on the walls. Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead
origin
earlier a trademark, borrowed from Latin, "vessels carved in low relief," from neuter plural of anaglyptus "carved in low relief"
noun [a-nə-glip-tə]
1. embossed wallpaper, a type of wallpaper that has a permanent raised design [often used before another noun]
examples
1. Three coats of deep blue paint bring out the texture in the anaglypta wall covering. Barbara Hertenstein, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 29 Apr. 2000
2. These Victorian and Edwardian houses often conceal the evidence of earlier tastes in decoration—contoured Anaglypta wallpaper, dark varnishes, here and there the piece of stained glass that must have added to the general gloom. Alexander McCall Smith, Sunday Times (London), 27 Apr. 2008
3. The bed was a four-poster, hung with patterned drapes that matched the Anaglypta on the walls. Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead
origin
earlier a trademark, borrowed from Latin, "vessels carved in low relief," from neuter plural of anaglyptus "carved in low relief"
Tuesday word:
Mar. 4th, 2025 12:31 pmsimplyn2deepTuesday, Mar. 4, 2025
Auberge (noun)
auberge [ oh-bairzh; French oh-berzh ]
noun, plural auberges
1. an inn; hostel.
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
caravansary, caravanserai, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodge, public house, tavern
Origin: 1770–80; < French, Middle French < Provençal, Franco-Provençal aubergo hostelry, Old Provençal alberga, alberja encampment, hut, noun derivative of albergar, dissimilated form of arbergar to lodge, shelter < Vulgar Latin < East Germanic *haribergōn to shelter an armed force ( hari- army + bergōn to shelter); harbinger, harbor < a West Germanic cognate of the same verb
Examples of auberge in a Sentence
they spent their honeymoon at a little French auberge that overflowed with charm
Recent Examples on the Web
But the five-star service aboard this sumptuous auberge on wheels, the novelty and literal ride of it, can make even the most worldly travelers feel giddy.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2024
High up on an isolated bluff over the Pacific, the property that is part of The Ryokan Collection, combines a modern edge with traditional elements, all with the style and elegance of a French auberge.
—David Hochman, Forbes, 6 May 2023
Auberge (noun)
auberge [ oh-bairzh; French oh-berzh ]
noun, plural auberges
1. an inn; hostel.
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
caravansary, caravanserai, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodge, public house, tavern
Origin: 1770–80; < French, Middle French < Provençal, Franco-Provençal aubergo hostelry, Old Provençal alberga, alberja encampment, hut, noun derivative of albergar, dissimilated form of arbergar to lodge, shelter < Vulgar Latin < East Germanic *haribergōn to shelter an armed force ( hari- army + bergōn to shelter); harbinger, harbor < a West Germanic cognate of the same verb
Examples of auberge in a Sentence
they spent their honeymoon at a little French auberge that overflowed with charm
Recent Examples on the Web
But the five-star service aboard this sumptuous auberge on wheels, the novelty and literal ride of it, can make even the most worldly travelers feel giddy.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2024
High up on an isolated bluff over the Pacific, the property that is part of The Ryokan Collection, combines a modern edge with traditional elements, all with the style and elegance of a French auberge.
—David Hochman, Forbes, 6 May 2023
Monday Word: Arriviste
Jan. 20th, 2025 11:47 amstonepicnicking_okapiarriviste
[ar-ee-veest; French a-ree-veest]
noun:
a person who has recently acquired unaccustomed status, wealth, or success, especially by dubious means and without earning concomitant esteem.
examples:
1. Twyla had made a career out of choreography. The arrivistes made her mad. Work of Art by Adam Moss.
2. Her circle includes an aunt who is a champion wrestler, a resident Goth named Isabel and sultry Penny Century, an arriviste married to a wealthy magnate with horns on his head. Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
3. A local in Westchester County uses the word "arriviste" in a sentence explaining how Richard Gere cut down 200 trees in the neighbourhood without permission. Edmonton Sun, 2009
origin:
From French, dating back to 1900–05
[ar-ee-veest; French a-ree-veest]
noun:
a person who has recently acquired unaccustomed status, wealth, or success, especially by dubious means and without earning concomitant esteem.
examples:
1. Twyla had made a career out of choreography. The arrivistes made her mad. Work of Art by Adam Moss.
2. Her circle includes an aunt who is a champion wrestler, a resident Goth named Isabel and sultry Penny Century, an arriviste married to a wealthy magnate with horns on his head. Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
3. A local in Westchester County uses the word "arriviste" in a sentence explaining how Richard Gere cut down 200 trees in the neighbourhood without permission. Edmonton Sun, 2009
origin:
From French, dating back to 1900–05
Tuesday word: Askance
Jan. 7th, 2025 01:35 pmsimplyn2deepTuesday, Jan. 7, 2025
Askance (adverb)
askance [ uh-skans ]
adverb
1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer.
2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely.
Idioms and Phrases
see look askance.
Related Words
skeptically, suspiciously
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
1. suspiciously, skeptically
Origin: First recorded in 1520–30; earlier a scanche, a sca(u)nce; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
“Often, people look askance at victims who come forward with allegations years after a crime,” Boyarsky said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
In their book, Passing on the Right, Jon Shields and Joshua Dunn noted that “conservative professors…look askance at the populism that has shaken up the Republican Party in recent years.”
From Salon
She looked mostly like this while saying it — eyes askance, either pre-or-post hand on chin — a vibe, nay, a mood that she carried throughout most of the debate.
From Salon
From the moment Saba hits Georgian soil, the police look askance at his family name — a warrant is out for Dad for attempted murder, he’s told — and seize his passport.
From Los Angeles Times
Such an approach is bound to be viewed askance by those expecting “Caste” to follow a classically prescribed narrative structure.
From Salon
Askance (adverb)
askance [ uh-skans ]
adverb
1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer.
2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely.
Idioms and Phrases
see look askance.
Related Words
skeptically, suspiciously
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
1. suspiciously, skeptically
Origin: First recorded in 1520–30; earlier a scanche, a sca(u)nce; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
“Often, people look askance at victims who come forward with allegations years after a crime,” Boyarsky said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
In their book, Passing on the Right, Jon Shields and Joshua Dunn noted that “conservative professors…look askance at the populism that has shaken up the Republican Party in recent years.”
From Salon
She looked mostly like this while saying it — eyes askance, either pre-or-post hand on chin — a vibe, nay, a mood that she carried throughout most of the debate.
From Salon
From the moment Saba hits Georgian soil, the police look askance at his family name — a warrant is out for Dad for attempted murder, he’s told — and seize his passport.
From Los Angeles Times
Such an approach is bound to be viewed askance by those expecting “Caste” to follow a classically prescribed narrative structure.
From Salon
Monday Word: Ambigram
Dec. 9th, 2024 04:08 pmstonepicnicking_okapiambigram [am-bə-ˌgram]
noun
1. something (such as an image of a written word or phrase) that is intended or able to be oriented in either of two ways for viewing or reading
examples
1. The extremely cool ambigram on the cover of the book is what initially intrigued me and led me to pick the book up when I found it on my parents' bookshelf. Angels and Demons Teaser Trailer | /Film 2008
2. The Princess Bride title art is an ambigram.
(20th anniversary collector's edition)
origin
The word was introduced by the author and cognitive scientist Douglas R. Hofstadter (born 1945) in chapter 13 of the book Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern (New York, 1985).
ambi- + -gram
ambi
a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, meaning “both” and “around”
gram
a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “something written,” “drawing"
[Wordsmith's Note: I have seen tattoos with these, but I didn't know there was a name for it.}
noun
1. something (such as an image of a written word or phrase) that is intended or able to be oriented in either of two ways for viewing or reading
examples
1. The extremely cool ambigram on the cover of the book is what initially intrigued me and led me to pick the book up when I found it on my parents' bookshelf. Angels and Demons Teaser Trailer | /Film 2008
2. The Princess Bride title art is an ambigram.
(20th anniversary collector's edition)
origin
The word was introduced by the author and cognitive scientist Douglas R. Hofstadter (born 1945) in chapter 13 of the book Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern (New York, 1985).
ambi- + -gram
ambi
a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, meaning “both” and “around”
gram
a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “something written,” “drawing"
[Wordsmith's Note: I have seen tattoos with these, but I didn't know there was a name for it.}
Sunday Word: Augury
Dec. 8th, 2024 01:04 pmsallymnaugury [aw-gyuh-ree]
noun:
1 the art or practice of an augur; divination
2 the rite or ceremony of an augur
3 an omen, token, or indication
Examples:
"First sale of the day," said Guna brightly; in India, a day's first sale is often taken as a bright augury. (Guy Trebay, Finding Peace (and Quiet) in India's Tamil Nadu, Condé Nast Traveler, February 2016)
An unexpected blast of solar radiation damages the ship, stirs the crew from their hypersleep, and results in the death of the Covenant’s erstwhile captain inside his malfunctioning sleep pod, an unheeded augury of things to come. (Sam Adams, Alien: Covenant, Slate, May 2017)
An old tractor sputters in a wretched field, and vomits out one thick spurt of coal-black soot. That pollution is an augury of the impenetrable darkness that swallows what's left of the Graham family in the What Josiah Saw. (Richard Whittaker, Fantasia Review: What Josiah Saw, The Austen Chronicle, August 2021)
But these truly woful and deplorable calamities the gods gave him no previous hint of, neither by entrails, augury, dream, nor prediction. (Aurelius Augustine, The Works of Aurelius Augustine, Bishop of Hippo)
With these words he approached the cavern, and perceived that it was impossible to let himself down or effect an entrance except by sheer force or cleaving a passage; so drawing his sword he began to demolish and cut away the brambles at the mouth of the cave, at the noise of which a vast multitude of crows and choughs flew out of it so thick and so fast that they knocked Don Quixote down; and if he had been as much of a believer in augury as he was a Catholic Christian he would have taken it as a bad omen and declined to bury himself in such a place. (Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote)
(click to enlarge)
Origin:
late 14c, 'divination from the flight of birds,' from Old French augure, augurie 'divination, soothsaying, sorcery, enchantment,' or directly from Latin augurium 'divination, the observation and interpretation of omens'. The sense of 'omen, portent, indication, that which forebodes' is from 1610s. (Online Etymology Dictionary)
Sunday Word: Anchorite
Nov. 17th, 2024 05:59 pmsallymnanchorite [ang-kuh-rahyt]
adjective:
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; a hermit
Examples:
But Hardulph would not have been a hermit in the colloquial sense; he would have been an anchorite, meaning that he would have been anchored to the church and may have had disciples, Simons explained. (Lindsey Bever, English cave may have ties to king-turned-saint and Viking invasion, archaeologists say, The Washington Post, July 2021)
In the 1970s, commercial plywood caught Judd's eye and he used it in a suite of boxy sculptures that look like a cross between shipping containers and anchorite cells. (Holland Cotter, The Many Moods and Pleasures of Donald Judd's Objects, The New York Times, February 2020)
His three children were brought up in his brother's house, and he himself lived the life of an anchorite in the little cabin - a life of fancy strained to the utmost, of passionate prayers and unfathomable mystic contemplations. (Eliza Orzeszkowa, An Obscure Apostle: A Dramatic Story)
The new comer, an anchorite, who for all clothing wore a shirt-shaped coat of brown undressed linen, and a sheep-skin, examined the wound carefully, and laid some herbs on it, murmuring meanwhile some pious texts. (Georg Ebers, Homo Sum)
(The Hermit by Gerrit Dou, 1670 - click to enlarge)
Origin:
mid-15c, 'hermit, recluse, one who withdraws from the world for religious reasons,' especially in reference to the Christian hermits of the Eastern deserts in the two centuries after c300 CE, from Medieval Latin anchorita, Late Latin anchoreta, from Greek anakhorētēs, literally 'one who has retired,' agent noun from anakhorein 'to retreat, go back, retire (from battle, the world, etc.),' from ana 'back' + khōrein 'withdraw, give place,' from khōros 'place, space, free space, room' (from PIE root ghē- 'to release, let go; be released'). It replaced Old English ancer, from Late Latin anchoreta. (Online Etymology Dictionary)
Tuesday word: Affable
Oct. 1st, 2024 12:27 pmsimplyn2deepTuesday, Oct. 1, 2024
Affable (adjective)
af·fa·ble [af-uh-buhl]
adjective
1. pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
2. showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant: an affable smile.
Other Words From
af·fa·bil·i·ty [af-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], af·fa·ble·ness noun
af·fa·bly adverb
un·af·fa·ble adjective
un·af·fa·bly adverb
Related Words
amiable, approachable, courteous, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, pleasant, polite, sociable, urbane
See synonyms for Affable on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
1. sociable, gracious, genial, approachable, amiable, accessible
Synonym Study
See civil.
Antonyms
1. standoffish, distant, inaccessible, unapproachable, unsociable, unfriendly
Origin: First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin affabilis “that can be spoken to, courteous,” equivalent to af- af- + fa- “speak” ( fate ) + -bilis -ble, perhaps via Middle French
Example Sentences
Four, the recruitment by the Republicans of affable-seeming candidates who had some discipline drilled into them.
From The Daily Beast
And that brings me to an otherwise affable cast of candidates.
From The Daily Beast
He was always affable but ultimately unknowable; intellectually incurious but ferociously ambitious.
From The Daily Beast
She plays Lolly, an affable inmate who listens to Piper recount her gruesome bashing of Pennsatucky, whom she believes she killed.
From The Daily Beast
He had to prove that Fallon's reign isn't a fluke, that late night really can be a home for the affable and good-natured.
From The Daily Beast
Affable (adjective)
af·fa·ble [af-uh-buhl]
adjective
1. pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
2. showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant: an affable smile.
Other Words From
af·fa·bil·i·ty [af-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], af·fa·ble·ness noun
af·fa·bly adverb
un·af·fa·ble adjective
un·af·fa·bly adverb
Related Words
amiable, approachable, courteous, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, pleasant, polite, sociable, urbane
See synonyms for Affable on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
1. sociable, gracious, genial, approachable, amiable, accessible
Synonym Study
See civil.
Antonyms
1. standoffish, distant, inaccessible, unapproachable, unsociable, unfriendly
Origin: First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin affabilis “that can be spoken to, courteous,” equivalent to af- af- + fa- “speak” ( fate ) + -bilis -ble, perhaps via Middle French
Example Sentences
Four, the recruitment by the Republicans of affable-seeming candidates who had some discipline drilled into them.
From The Daily Beast
And that brings me to an otherwise affable cast of candidates.
From The Daily Beast
He was always affable but ultimately unknowable; intellectually incurious but ferociously ambitious.
From The Daily Beast
She plays Lolly, an affable inmate who listens to Piper recount her gruesome bashing of Pennsatucky, whom she believes she killed.
From The Daily Beast
He had to prove that Fallon's reign isn't a fluke, that late night really can be a home for the affable and good-natured.
From The Daily Beast
Sunday Word: Aegis
Sep. 29th, 2024 12:31 pmsallymnaegis [ee-jis]
noun:
1 (classical mythology) the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon
2 protection, support
3 under the imperial aegis
4 sponsorship, auspices
Examples:
The International Dota 2 tournament is set up to be an incredible match between the two very best teams in the world right now. There are incredible stories on both sides, but only one team will be able to lift the aegis and become world champions. (Mike Stubbs, The International Final Is Set Up To Be The Best 'Dota 2' Match Ever, Forbes, September 2024)
My visit was courtesy of Google Art Project, which, in the case of the Met, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and a number of other institutions, offers partial glimpses, via Google Street View, into great art and archeology sites around the world, under the aegis of the company's Cultural Institute. (Alexandra Schwartz, Alone in the Virtual Museum, Tribune India, September 2014)
The chiefs about the son of Atreus chose their men and marshalled them, while Minerva went among them holding her priceless aegis that knows neither age nor death. (Homer, The Iliad)
Further, great mystery shrouds the particulars of their overthrow when the aegis of the Roman authority was withdrawn. (James Oliver Bevan, The Towns of Roman Britain)
He had never contemplated the possession of power except under the aegis of some commanding chief. (Benjamin Disraeli, Endymion)
Origin:
'protection,' 1793, a figurative use of Latin aegis, from Greek Aigis, the name of the shield of Zeus, a word said by Herodotus to be related to aix (genitive aigos) 'goat,' from PIE aig- 'goat' (source also of Sanskrit ajah, Lithuanian ožys 'he-goat'), as the shield was of goatskin (Online Etymology Dictionary)
English borrowed aegis from Latin, but the word ultimately comes from the Greek noun aigís, meaning 'goatskin.' In ancient Greek mythology, an aegis was something that offered physical protection. It has been depicted in various ways, including as a magical protective cloak made from the skin of the goat that suckled Zeus as an infant, and as a shield fashioned by Hephaestus that bore the severed head of the Gorgon Medusa. The word first entered English in the 15th century as a noun referring to the shield or breastplate associated with Zeus or Athena. It later took on a more general sense of 'protection' and, by the late-19th century, it had acquired the extended senses of 'auspices' and 'sponsorship.' (Merriam-Webster)
Tuesday word: Antitype
Sep. 10th, 2024 04:55 pmsimplyn2deepTuesday, Sep. 10, 2024
Antitype (noun)
an·ti·type [an-ti-tahyp]
noun
1. something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a new testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
Other Words From
an·ti·typ·ic [an-ti-, tip, -ik], an?ti·typ?i·cal adjective
an ti·typ i·cal·ly adverb
Origin: 1605–15; < Medieval Latin antitypus < Late Greek antítypos (impression) answering to a die. See anti-, type
Example Sentences
The great Antitype was a literal embodiment of the symbolic panoply of his lesser type.
From Project Gutenberg
This loathing had its physical antitype in his horror of the sight or description of bodily disease.
From Project Gutenberg
Type needs antitype: As night needs day, as shine needs shade, so good Needs evil: how were pity understood Unless by pain?
From Project Gutenberg
All things in the elementary world have their antitype in the celestial, and all celestial things have their corresponding ideas.
From Project Gutenberg
A type is a symbol appointed by God to adumbrate something higher in the future, which is called the antitype.
From Project Gutenberg
Antitype (noun)
an·ti·type [an-ti-tahyp]
noun
1. something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a new testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
Other Words From
an·ti·typ·ic [an-ti-, tip, -ik], an?ti·typ?i·cal adjective
an ti·typ i·cal·ly adverb
Origin: 1605–15; < Medieval Latin antitypus < Late Greek antítypos (impression) answering to a die. See anti-, type
Example Sentences
The great Antitype was a literal embodiment of the symbolic panoply of his lesser type.
From Project Gutenberg
This loathing had its physical antitype in his horror of the sight or description of bodily disease.
From Project Gutenberg
Type needs antitype: As night needs day, as shine needs shade, so good Needs evil: how were pity understood Unless by pain?
From Project Gutenberg
All things in the elementary world have their antitype in the celestial, and all celestial things have their corresponding ideas.
From Project Gutenberg
A type is a symbol appointed by God to adumbrate something higher in the future, which is called the antitype.
From Project Gutenberg
Friday Words: Cagamosis, and others
Jul. 18th, 2024 06:57 pmmed_catSome uncommon words with their meanings:
1. Cagamosis (noun): an unhappy marriage
2. Agerasia (noun): the state of looking younger than one actually is
3. Hadeharia (noun): the practice of frequently using the word "hell" in speech
4. Estrapade (noun) : the attempt of the horse to remove its rider. (estrange: alienate or remove)
5. Auto-tonsorialist (noun): a person who cuts his own hair. (tonsorial= of or related to haircut or barbering)
6. Dactylonomy (noun): act of counting using one's fingers (dactyl: tip of the finger)
7. Jument (noun): An animal used to carry loads like horse or donkey (beast of burden)
8. Gargalesthesia (noun): the sensation caused by tickling
9. Bombilate (verb): make humming or buzzing sound loudly. "a student was bombilating in the class while the teacher was delivering lecture"
10. Maledicent (noun): a person who does frequent abusive speech
(Today's words are brought to you by FB memories; this list is from a group titled "Improve English Vocabulary", which has, sadly, gone inactive several years ago. This post was from 2012.)
1. Cagamosis (noun): an unhappy marriage
2. Agerasia (noun): the state of looking younger than one actually is
3. Hadeharia (noun): the practice of frequently using the word "hell" in speech
4. Estrapade (noun) : the attempt of the horse to remove its rider. (estrange: alienate or remove)
5. Auto-tonsorialist (noun): a person who cuts his own hair. (tonsorial= of or related to haircut or barbering)
6. Dactylonomy (noun): act of counting using one's fingers (dactyl: tip of the finger)
7. Jument (noun): An animal used to carry loads like horse or donkey (beast of burden)
8. Gargalesthesia (noun): the sensation caused by tickling
9. Bombilate (verb): make humming or buzzing sound loudly. "a student was bombilating in the class while the teacher was delivering lecture"
10. Maledicent (noun): a person who does frequent abusive speech
(Today's words are brought to you by FB memories; this list is from a group titled "Improve English Vocabulary", which has, sadly, gone inactive several years ago. This post was from 2012.)
Sunday Word: Appurtenance
Jun. 30th, 2024 05:25 pmsallymnappurtenance, appurtenances [uh-pur-tn-uhns, uh-pur-tn-uhns-uhz]
noun:
1 something associated with, accompanying, or belonging to another thing; accessory
2 a right or privilege, outbuilding, or other asset belonging to and passing with a principal property
3 apparatus; equipment
4 belonging, possession, relationship, or origin, or an affix that expresses this
Examples:
The project involves construction of flyovers from Cart Road to Vidhan Sabha, and widening road with retaining wall at Victory Tunnel and protective works (breast walls, toe walls, gabion walls, retaining walls) and traffic safety (with metal beam crash barriers) and road appurtenance (Man Aman Singh Chhina, Landslide risk high, yet Himachal awards tender to build flyover in Shimla, The Indian Express, September 2023)
Between them, these works consumed perhaps a year of Vermeer's labor - a scrupulous rendering of bourgeois appurtenances and a faithful imagining of internal lives, which might better be described as an act of devotion. (Rebecca Mead, The Ultimate Vermeer Collection, The New Yorker, February 2023)
She would never have dreamed of showing her dolls to her cousins; but she brought them out and displayed them to Gavan, and he looked at them and their appurtenances carefully, gravely assenting to all the characteristics that she pointed out. (Anne Douglas Sedgwick, The Shadow of Life)
He cracked his knuckles and sat down, sorting out his writing appurtenances. Putting his elbows on the table, he bent his head on one side, thought a minute, and began to write, without pausing for a second. (Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina)
The Zulus hold that a dead body can cast no shadow, because that appurtenance departed from it at the close of life. (Charles Hardwick, Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore (Chiefly Lancashire and the North of England:) Their affinity to others in widely-distributed localities; Their Eastern Origin and Mythical Significance)
Origin:
c1300, 'right, privilege or possession subsidiary to a principal one,' especially in law, 'a right, privilege, or improvement belonging to a property,' from Anglo-French apurtenance (12c), Old French apartenance, apertenance, present participle of apartenir 'be related to,' from Late Latin appertinere 'to pertain to, belong to,' from Latin ad 'to' + pertinere 'belong; be the right of' (Online Etymology Dictionary)
Monday Word: Amour Propre
Jun. 24th, 2024 12:18 pmstonepicnicking_okapiamour propre [a-moor-praw-pruh]
noun
a belief and confidence in your own ability and value
examples
He had wounded my amour propre. / "Tchah!" I said, registering scorn.
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by PG Wodehouse
It wasn't, perhaps, a frog march, but it was quite near enough to it to wound my amour propre.
Thank you, Jeeves! by PG Wodehouse.
But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way.
Margalit Fox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
origins
French amour-propre, literally, love of oneself
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Synonyms: self-esteem, vanity, PRIDE
Happy June, word-lovers!
noun
a belief and confidence in your own ability and value
examples
He had wounded my amour propre. / "Tchah!" I said, registering scorn.
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by PG Wodehouse
It wasn't, perhaps, a frog march, but it was quite near enough to it to wound my amour propre.
Thank you, Jeeves! by PG Wodehouse.
But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way.
Margalit Fox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
origins
French amour-propre, literally, love of oneself
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Synonyms: self-esteem, vanity, PRIDE
Happy June, word-lovers!
Sunday Word: Atavistic
Jun. 16th, 2024 10:31 pmsallymnatavistic [at-uh-vis-tik]
adjective:
reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type.
Examples:
As I see it, the real pleasure of the taxi whistle is its outmodedness; the core of its charm is atavistic. In a world where virtually everything we do is mediated by technology, taxi-whistling is old-fashioned and physical: With just two fingers and one not even very deep breath, you can produce a delightful, if slightly shocking, noise. (Jon Gluck, The Robots Can’t Take Taxi-Whistling Away From Me, Albert Lea Tribune, March 2023)
How I wish scientists and technologists would give up this race to create convincing human simulacra - let's face it: the atavistic shudder they provoke will never dwindle. These automatons of artificial skin will never not be uncanny, even if (especially if) they have your mum's face. (Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Digital humans give me the creeps – but there might be something in it, The Guardian, April 2014)
This is because puzzles train us to be more rigorous thinkers, less swayed by atavistic emotions. (A J Jacobs, Doing Puzzles Can Help Solve Your Other Problems, Too, TIME, May 2022)
For over 200 years, economists have largely accepted such arguments, although some politicians have displayed an atavistic fondness for protection. (Soumaya Keynes, The new order of trade, The Economist, October 2021)
And it was so easy to accept the atavistic memory and menace of myth - of alien life burrowing upward from inner Earth or swooping down from outer stars, of life that feeds upon us, fastens upon us to eat and drink with myriad, monstrous mouths. (Robert Bloch, The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch)
In time of peace in the modern world, if one is thoughtful and careful, it is rather more difficult to be killed or maimed in the outland places of the globe than it is in the streets of our great cities, but the atavistic urge toward danger persists and its satisfaction is called adventure. (John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez )
Origin:
"pertaining to atavism," 1847; from stem of atavism (1833, in biology, "reversion by influence of heredity to ancestral characteristics, resemblance of a given organism to some remote ancestor, return to an early or original type," from French atavisme, attested by 1820s, said to have been coined by French botanist Antoine-Nicolas Duchesne, from Latin atavus "ancestor, forefather," from at- perhaps here meaning "beyond" + avus "grandfather" ) + istic (adjectival word-forming element, from French -istique or directly from Latin -isticus, from Greek -istikos, a compound of the adjectival suffix -ikos + the noun suffix -istes). (Online Etymology Dictionary)
Tuesday word: Autodidact
Jun. 11th, 2024 02:27 pmsimplyn2deepTuesday, Jun. 11, 2024
Autodidact (noun)
au·to·di·dact [aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt]
noun
1. a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
Other Words From
au·to·di·dac·tic [aw-toh-dahy-, dak, -tik], adjective
Origin: First recorded in 1525–35; from Greek autodídaktos “self-taught”; auto- , didactic
Example Sentences
She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.
From The Daily Beast
Oswald was a left-wing autodidact who had defected to the Soviet Union.
From The Daily Beast
Since Carruth is a one-man band and autodidact, he learned how to create the special effects for the creature himself.
From The Daily Beast
As a puff autodidact, it's taken me longer to figure them out than someone who's been formally trained.
From The Daily Beast
Autodidact (noun)
au·to·di·dact [aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt]
noun
1. a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
Other Words From
au·to·di·dac·tic [aw-toh-dahy-, dak, -tik], adjective
Origin: First recorded in 1525–35; from Greek autodídaktos “self-taught”; auto- , didactic
Example Sentences
She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.
From The Daily Beast
Oswald was a left-wing autodidact who had defected to the Soviet Union.
From The Daily Beast
Since Carruth is a one-man band and autodidact, he learned how to create the special effects for the creature himself.
From The Daily Beast
As a puff autodidact, it's taken me longer to figure them out than someone who's been formally trained.
From The Daily Beast
Tuesday word: Adamant
Apr. 23rd, 2024 07:43 pmsimplyn2deepTuesday, Apr. 23, 2024
Adamant (adjective, noun)
ad·a·mant [ad-uh-muhnt, -mant]
adjective
1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
Synonyms
1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.
Antonyms
1. flexible, easygoing, yielding.
noun
3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
Other Words From
ad·a·man·cy [ad, -, uh, -m, uh, n-see], ad·a·mance noun
ad·a·mant·ly adverb
un·ad·a·mant adjective
Origin: First recorded before 900; Middle English, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adamant- (stem of adamas ) “hard metal (perhaps steel), diamond,” from Greek, equivalent to a- a- + -damant- verbal adjective of damân “to tame, conquer”; replacing Old English athamans (from Medieval Latin ) and Middle English aymont, from Middle French aimant, from unattested Vulgar Latin adimant-, from Latin
Example Sentences
Even the most adamant Obamacare opponent must acknowledge, as Kasich has, that its coverage expansion has helped some people.
From The Daily Beast
They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.
From The Daily Beast
They are adamant that their women-only concerts are not a result of religious rules.
From The Daily Beast
Despite all the visual cues which might suggest otherwise, Manning was adamant that he was not trying to promote himself.
From The Daily Beast
Many of the survivors were adamant that the fighters were made up of foreign nationals from all over the world.
From The Daily Beast
He was strong; his will was adamant as the blade of Trenchefer; to save those dear ones a single pang—what would he not suffer!
From Project Gutenberg
Once he paused at the sealed door, and flung himself against it—adamant had scarce seemed firmer.
From Project Gutenberg
And how I thanked my God for the adamant bulwarks of coral that protected my ark from the fury of the treacherous seas!
From Project Gutenberg
I went to General Kock and pleaded with him, but he was adamant.
From Project Gutenberg
He moistened his lips, and glanced at her for succor, but she was adamant.
From Project Gutenberg
Adamant (adjective, noun)
ad·a·mant [ad-uh-muhnt, -mant]
adjective
1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
Synonyms
1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.
Antonyms
1. flexible, easygoing, yielding.
noun
3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
Other Words From
ad·a·man·cy [ad, -, uh, -m, uh, n-see], ad·a·mance noun
ad·a·mant·ly adverb
un·ad·a·mant adjective
Origin: First recorded before 900; Middle English, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adamant- (stem of adamas ) “hard metal (perhaps steel), diamond,” from Greek, equivalent to a- a- + -damant- verbal adjective of damân “to tame, conquer”; replacing Old English athamans (from Medieval Latin ) and Middle English aymont, from Middle French aimant, from unattested Vulgar Latin adimant-, from Latin
Example Sentences
Even the most adamant Obamacare opponent must acknowledge, as Kasich has, that its coverage expansion has helped some people.
From The Daily Beast
They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.
From The Daily Beast
They are adamant that their women-only concerts are not a result of religious rules.
From The Daily Beast
Despite all the visual cues which might suggest otherwise, Manning was adamant that he was not trying to promote himself.
From The Daily Beast
Many of the survivors were adamant that the fighters were made up of foreign nationals from all over the world.
From The Daily Beast
He was strong; his will was adamant as the blade of Trenchefer; to save those dear ones a single pang—what would he not suffer!
From Project Gutenberg
Once he paused at the sealed door, and flung himself against it—adamant had scarce seemed firmer.
From Project Gutenberg
And how I thanked my God for the adamant bulwarks of coral that protected my ark from the fury of the treacherous seas!
From Project Gutenberg
I went to General Kock and pleaded with him, but he was adamant.
From Project Gutenberg
He moistened his lips, and glanced at her for succor, but she was adamant.
From Project Gutenberg
Sunday Word: Absquatulate
Apr. 21st, 2024 04:24 pmsallymnabsquatulate [ab-skwoch-uh-leyt]
verb:
to flee; abscond
Examples:
The AU deputy envoy to Somalia has been authorized to vacate or absquatulate Somalia within seven days with effect from today. (Mohamed Hussein Mentalist, Federal Government Of Somalia Had Set Seven Days Ultimatum To Africanunion Envoy To Absquatulate The Country, Modern Ghana, November 2021)
Raffles, the Gentleman Thug is up to his usual tricks, "Don't forget your red flag, Bunny! We've got to absquatulate before the Scuffers get here!" (Mohamed Hussein Mentalist, Book review: Viz: The Trumpeter’s Lips 2020, Chris Hallam's World View, December 2019)
When I was a lad, the Cryptic Corporation - the team that has managed the Residents since 1976 - meant Homer Flynn and Hardy Fox, at least after their partners, John Kennedy and Jay Clem, absquatulated in '82. (James Gingell, Exclusive Video And Music From The Residents' New Album, 'Intruders', Dangerous Minds.net, October 2018)
People absquatulate from large parties (never small ones) all the time, and after 50, I think we do it more often, though I have not found any agreement on the subject. (rachel arons, The Art of Absquatulating: Is It Ok To Leave A Party Without Saying Goodbye?, betterafter50.com, September 2016)
Prudence warned them to absquatulate, and they determined to cut their lucky, before the inevitable dénouement. (G Hamilton-Browne, Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion)
Origin:
"run away, make off," 1840, earlier absquotilate (1837), 'Facetious US coinage' perhaps based on a mock-Latin negation of squat (v.) 'to settle'. Said to have been used on the London stage in in the lines of rough, bragging, comical American character 'Nimrod Wildfire' in the play The Kentuckian as re-written by British author William B Bernard, perhaps it was in James K Paulding's American original, The Lion of the West. (Online Etmology Dictionary)
1820–30; pseudo-Latinism, from ab-, squat, and -ulate, paralleling Latin-derived words with initial abs- (e.g., abscond, abstention ) and final -tulate (Dictionary.com)
Tuesday word: Apposite
Mar. 26th, 2024 08:55 pmsimplyn2deepTuesday, Mar. 26, 2024
Apposite (adjective)
ap·po·site [ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it]
adjective
1. suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.
OTHER WORDS FROM APPOSITE
ap·po·site·ly, adjective
ap·po·site·ness, noun
un·ap·po·site, adjective
un·ap·po·site·ly, adverb
un·ap·po·site·ness, noun
WORDS RELATED TO APPOSITE
germane, relevant, suitable, timely
See synonyms for apposite on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: 1615–25; < Latin appositus added to, put near (past participle of apponere), equivalent to ap-ap- + positus placed (posi- place + -tus past participle suffix)
HOW TO USE APPOSITE IN A SENTENCE
These remarks, as will appear in the sequel, are apposite to the parties which I am about to introduce to the reader.
NEWTON FORSTER | CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT
This, from him, so unexpectedly apposite, had the effect upon her of a Providential interposition.
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES | THOMAS HARDY
This prophecy was strengthened by apposite quotations showing the existing drift of opinion in the United States.
THE CANADIAN DOMINION | OSCAR D. SKELTON
Yet that it was eminently apposite is evident from the whole course of the subsequent discussions.
THE WAR UPON RELIGION | REV. FRANCIS A. CUNNINGHAM
To borrow an apposite expression from M. Texte, it is an organism whose evolution has accomplished its course.
DE LIBRIS: PROSE AND VERSE | AUSTIN DOBSON
Apposite (adjective)
ap·po·site [ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it]
adjective
1. suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.
OTHER WORDS FROM APPOSITE
ap·po·site·ly, adjective
ap·po·site·ness, noun
un·ap·po·site, adjective
un·ap·po·site·ly, adverb
un·ap·po·site·ness, noun
WORDS RELATED TO APPOSITE
germane, relevant, suitable, timely
See synonyms for apposite on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: 1615–25; < Latin appositus added to, put near (past participle of apponere), equivalent to ap-ap- + positus placed (posi- place + -tus past participle suffix)
HOW TO USE APPOSITE IN A SENTENCE
These remarks, as will appear in the sequel, are apposite to the parties which I am about to introduce to the reader.
NEWTON FORSTER | CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT
This, from him, so unexpectedly apposite, had the effect upon her of a Providential interposition.
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES | THOMAS HARDY
This prophecy was strengthened by apposite quotations showing the existing drift of opinion in the United States.
THE CANADIAN DOMINION | OSCAR D. SKELTON
Yet that it was eminently apposite is evident from the whole course of the subsequent discussions.
THE WAR UPON RELIGION | REV. FRANCIS A. CUNNINGHAM
To borrow an apposite expression from M. Texte, it is an organism whose evolution has accomplished its course.
DE LIBRIS: PROSE AND VERSE | AUSTIN DOBSON
