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exigent, adj.

ex·i·gent ˈek-sə-jənt
ˈeg-zə-

1: requiring immediate aid or action

exigent circumstances

2: requiring or calling for much : demanding

an exigent client

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Exigent is a formal word with meanings closely tied to its Latin forbear, exigere, meaning "to demand." Exigent things and people demand attention—for example, an exigent client expects so much that they are hard to satisfy, and exigent circumstances are so significant that they can be used to justify certain police actions without the warrant typically required. Before exigent joined the language in the early 1600s, the noun exigency was being used to refer to something that is necessary in a particular situation—for example, the exigencies of an emergency situation might require that certain usual precautions be ignored. That word dates to the late 1500s, but even earlier, in the mid-1400s, exigence was on the scene doing the same job. All three words—exigent, exigency, and exigence—continue to meet the demands of English users, albeit not frequently in everyday conversation.

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equipoise [ee-kwuh-poiz, ek-wuh-]

noun:
1 a state of equilibrium
2 counterbalance

Examples:

One reason for the endurance of George Stevens’s film, from 1953, is the supreme equipoise that it finds between two contending impulses - the will to wander, moving restlessly through a desert land, versus the urge to take root, battling for your right to settle down and defying those who would snatch it away. (Anthony Lane, Tough Girls, The New Yorker, January 2016)

LinkedIn has turned into the place you go to for the best of all possible worlds, where corporate vision, whole hearts, great work and a fulfilled life coexist in perfect equipoise, with good times and teamwork leading to virtuous riches and success for all. (Lucinda Holdforth, ‘A lot of nonsense’: It’s time to call out LinkedIn, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 2023)

Faye rarely looks inward; those books exude a kind of chilly spiritual equipoise. (Helen Shaw, Rachel Cusk and the Claustrophobia of Second Place, Vulture, April 2021)

Gradually, however, the conviction came upon me that I could, by a certain concentration of thought, think the veil away, and so get a glimpse of the mysterious face - as to which the two questions, "is she pretty?" and "is she plain?", still hung suspended, in my mind, in beautiful equipoise. (Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno)

Origin:

From Latin aequi- (equal) + Old French pois (weight), from Latin pendere (to weigh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)pen- (to draw, to spin) (Wordsmith)

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Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2024

En Masse (noun)
en masse [ahn mas, en; French ahn mas]

adverb
1. in a mass; all together; as a group: The people rushed to the gate en masse.

Idioms and Phrases
In one group or body; all together. For example, The activists marched en masse to the capitol . This French term, with exactly the same meaning, was adopted into English about 1800.

Related Words
altogether

See synonyms for En Masse on Thesaurus.com

Origin: Borrowed into English from French around 1795–1805

Example Sentences
They pulled up in unmarked cars and on motorcycles, appearing en masse out of the darkness.
From The Daily Beast

The Internet cool kids are, of course, rallying against Swift en masse.
From The Daily Beast

But if word of the mission reached the city, there was a risk that the hostages would be executed en masse.
From The Daily Beast

For women who are attacked en masse, this new reporting system will save substantial time and energy.
From The Daily Beast

Editors were apoplectic, and they showed it by quitting en masse, leaving Mays to pick up the pieces.
From The Daily Beast

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Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2024

Edacity (noun)
e·dac·i·ty [ih-das-i-tee]

noun
1.the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.

Related Words
hunger, voracity

See synonyms for Edacity on Thesaurus.com

Origin: 1620–30; < Latin edacitas, equivalent to edaci- (stem of edax ) gluttonous, equivalent to ed- eat + -aci- adj. suffix + -tas -ty

Example Sentences
Edacity, rapacity;—quite contrary to the finer sensibilities of the heart!
From Project Gutenberg

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esprit de l'escalier [es-pree duh le-skahl-yey]

noun:
a perfect comeback or witty remark that one frustratingly comes up with only when the moment for doing so has passed

Examples:

Your esprit de l'escalier doesn't kick in until you're well out the door. (Lauren Collins, Sally Rooney Gets in Your Head, The New Yorker, December 2018)

Here's an unhappy truth about using language. Every minute of your life feels like l'esprit de l'escalier: replaying in your mind the too-late retort. (Nan Z Da, Language After the Fact: Rey Chow's 'Not Like a Native Speaker', Los Angeles Review of Books, June 2016)

Ox-eyed as Odysseus but sulky as Achilles, he crabbily voiced his complaints with the flame-grilling phrases that come to most of us in l'esprit de l'escalier (and sometimes did to him). (Robert Potts, My country or a deadline, The Guardian, September 1998)

She eventually went to sleep, but about a half-hour later I thought of the perfect thing to say. The French have a word for this. "L'esprit de l'escalier," the spirit of the stairway, where you think of the right thing to say just a little too late. (Brian Watanabe, A review of 'Inside Out' by a 4-year-old, The Guardian, July 2015)

I too responded to this banquet of niceness, when not adhering to my professional skepticism. But as I left the movie theater, I had my own little l'esprit de l'escalier. The film left me feeling simultaneously amused and used. (Richard Corliss, About Time: Richard Curtis' Love, Repeatedly, TIME, October 2013)

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Origin:

The still very foreign phrase esprit de l'escalier first appears in English in one of the remarkable, not to say idiosyncratic, let alone cranky books by the Fowler brothers, F W (Francis George) and H W (Henry George), The King's English (1906): "No one will know what spirit of the staircase is who is not already familiar with esprit d'escalier." The French phrase was coined by the French philosopher and encyclopedist Denis Diderot in his Paradoxe sur le comédien (1773–77), a dramatic essay or dialogue between two actors: "l'homme sensible, comme moi, tout entier à ce qu'on lui objecte, perd la tête et ne se retrouve qu'au bas de l'escalier" (a sensitive man like me, entirely overcome by the objection made against him, loses his head and can only recover his wits at the bottom of the staircase), that is, after he has left the gathering. (Dictionary.com)

Though well known in French, it seems to have begun to appear in English writing only at the beginning of the twentieth century. Apart from a reference to it by the brothers Fowler in 1906, the first recorded use in English is in Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm (1911), but in a wittily inverted sense that shows the author expected his readers to understand and appreciate the reference: "What ought he to have said? He prayed, as he followed the victorious young woman downstairs, that l'esprit de l'escalier might befall him. Alas, it did not." (World Wide Words)

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Some 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.)

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Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2024

Enervate (verb, adjective)
en·er·vate [v. en-er-veyt; adj. ih-nur-vit]

verb (used with object)
1. to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.

adjective
2. enervated.

Other Words From
en er·va tion noun
en er·va tive adjective
en er·va tor noun
non·en er·vat ing adjective

See synonyms for Enervate on Thesaurus.com
Synonyms
1. enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust.

Can be confused: energize, innervate, invigorate.

Origin: First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin enervatus “weakened” (past participle of enervare “to weaken”), equivalent to e- “from, out of” + nerv(us) “sinew” + -atus adjective suffix; e- , nerve, -ate ; compare Anglo-French enervir, French énerver

Example Sentences
This was the beginning of the fatal practice destined in the end to enervate France and demoralize the army.
From Project Gutenberg

Then as they are almost all fighting men (tata toa) they are restricted that they may not weaken or enervate themselves.
From Project Gutenberg

What is the use of wondrous gifts of language, if they are employed to enervate, p. 19and not to ennoble, their hearers?
From Project Gutenberg

To enervate, irritate, or corrupt the body is to produce a like effect upon the mind.
From Project Gutenberg

They are full of weaknesses and pains that wear out life and enervate all their mental and spiritual powers.
From Project Gutenberg

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Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2024

Evanescent (adjective)
ev·a·nes·cent [ev-uh-nes-uhnt]

adjective
1. vanishing; fading away; fleeting.
2. tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible.

OTHER WORDS FROM EVANESCENT
ev·a·nes·cence, noun
ev·a·nes·cent·ly, adverb
non·ev·a·nes·cent, adjective
non·ev·a·nes·cent·ly, adverb
un·ev·a·nes·cent, adjective
un·ev·a·nes·cent·ly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO EVANESCENT
brief, disappearing, fading, fleeting, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, tenuous, vanishing

See synonyms for evanescent on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1700–1805; from Latin evanescent- (stem of evanescens ) “vanishing, disappearing”; see evanesce, -ent

HOW TO USE EVANESCENT IN A SENTENCE
And always in the background, evanescent but, in the end, accountable, is Rupert Murdoch—courted, feared and sometimes loathed.
MURDOCH ON THE ROCKS: HOW A LONE REPORTER REVEALED THE MOGUL'S TABLOID TERROR MACHINE | CLIVE IRVING | AUGUST 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

But that support was evanescent; it's already back below 50%, and probably still falling.
MEMO: THE AARON SORKIN MODEL OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE DOESN'T ACTUALLY WORK | MEGAN MCARDLE | APRIL 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

They are imagined as disembodied spirits, and are often visualized as vague or evanescent forms; hence, the white sheet routine.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GHOULS, GOBLINS, AND GHOSTS? | DICTIONARY.COM | NOVEMBER 1, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

When he does, for short walks on moonless nights or for the occasional meal, these evanescent periods of freedom are thrilling.
LOST MASTERPIECES | JACOB SILVERMAN | AUGUST 18, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

But success in a mission of this size may only bring limited and evanescent political benefits.
OBAMA'S PIRATE COUP | JULIAN ZELIZER | APRIL 13, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

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eventide [ee-vuhn-tahyd]

noun:
(archaic or poetic) another word for evening

Examples:

East Bluff Trail at Devil's Lake State Park, perched along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, will blow your eventide expectations. (Perri Ormont Blumberg, The 16 Best Sunset Hikes in America, Travel and Leisure, March 2022)

One of the most exciting and certainly one of the most wonderful sights of the countryside is the homecoming of the rooks at eventide. (George Muller, Country diary 1922: homecoming of the rooks at eventide is a wonderful sight, The Guardian, October 2022)

Sometimes he drives his flock home at eventide; sometimes he bivouacs sub jove frigido, under the cold heaven of night. (Arthur Mangin, The Desert World)

Then does everything become more mysterious, the sky frowns with clouds, yellow leaves strew the paths at the edge of the naked forest, and the forest itself turns black and blue - more especially at eventide when damp fog is spreading and the trees glimmer in the depths like giants, like formless, weird phantoms. (Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Poor Folk)

Gods, my gods! How sad the earth is at eventide! How mysterious are the mists over the swamps. (Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita )

Origin:

'evening' (archaic), Old English æfentid; from even, 'end of the day,' Old English æfen, Mercian efen, Northumbrian efern) + tide, Old English tīd 'point or portion of time, due time, period, season; feast-day, canonical hour,' from Proto-Germanic tīdi- 'division of time' (source also of Old Saxon tid, Dutch tijd, Old High German zit, German Zeit 'time'), from PIE di-ti- 'division, division of time,' suffixed form of root da- 'to divide.' (Online Etymology Dictionary)

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Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2024

Encumbrance (noun)
en·cum·brance [en-kuhm-bruhns]

noun
1. something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance: Poverty was a lifelong encumbrance.
2. a dependent person, especially a child.
3. Law. a burden or claim on property, as a mortgage.

Also in·cum·brance [in-kuhm-bruhns].

WORDS RELATED TO ENCUMBRANCE
burden, albatross, cross, debt, duty, hindrance, impediment, load, millstone, obstruction, responsibility, saddle, weight, worry, ball and chain, guilt, monkey on one's back, thorn in one's side

See synonyms for: encumbrance / encumbrances on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English encombraunce, from Middle French encumbrance; see origin at encumber, -ance

HOW TO USE ENCUMBRANCE IN A SENTENCE
So I would say it’s potentially a significant encumbrance to doing business.
'LIKE SHOOTING A MOVING TARGET.' THIS COMPANY IS TRYING TO WITHDRAW FROM RUSSIA. IT'S GETTING COMPLICATED | BELINDA LUSCOMBE | JUNE 1, 2022 | TIME

Often, those restrictions will more heavily constrain Democratic voters for whom added bureaucracy is a more challenging encumbrance.
ELEVATING DOUBT IS THE POINT | PHILIP BUMP | MAY 27, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST

For developers this is both incredibly freeing — a chance to make it big without all the encumbrance of a traditional studio — but also supremely precarious.
ON DISCORD, BOTS FIND A FOOTHOLD AS MINI INDIE SUCCESS STORIES | LUKE WINKIE | MARCH 25, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST

He points to the hassles of regulatory compliance and warding off hacks as an unnecessary encumbrance on businesses.
VERY GOOD SECURITY RAISES $60 MILLION TO MAKE DATA FORCE FIELDS FOR DOORDASH, BREX | RHHACKETTFORTUNE | DECEMBER 21, 2020 | FORTUNE

In LA, Don is an outsider; a Madison Avenue interloper; an encumbrance.
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO DON DRAPER? WHY EVERYONE’S FAVORITE ‘MAD MEN’ STUD NEEDS HIS MOJO BACK | LIZZIE CROCKER | APRIL 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

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Etaoin shrdlu

Something of a cousin to lorem ipsum, etaoin_shrdlu is a nonsense phrase appearing in old newspapers and printed material. Generated by the two left-most columns of keys on a linotype machine keyboard.

Here's a 9 minute video explaining etaoin_shrdlu and the printing process in detail and a Wikipedia page that can summarize it better than I!

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excoriate [ik-skawr-ee-eyt, -skohr-]

verb:
1 to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally
2 to strip off or remove the skin from

Examples:

I've had many worse evenings at musicals. But I fail to see the point of a show that doesn't know whether it wants to excoriate The X Factor or boost its TV ratings. (Michael Billington, I Can't Sing! review - 'Uneasily pitched between send-up and celebration', The Guardian, March 2014)

There is strife ahead, to be sure, but this is not a dour, sentimental exercise in which the misunderstood subject comes to a sad end while the survivors rend their governments and excoriate themselves for never having listened, really listened, and then drive out to the country to dedicate a tree. (Robert Lloyd, Review: In 'Butterfly,' gender identity is at the heart of Hulu's new family drama, Los Angeles Times, January 2019)

The drops of rain bruise us, false notes excoriate us, darknesses blind us! (Gustave Flaubert, The Temptation of St Anthony)

...insects still hum in the sunny air, and the sun is now a genial orb whose warm rays cheer but not excoriate. (Frank Richard Stockton, The Late Mrs Null)

Every blow that shakes it will serve to harden it against a future stroke; as constant labour thickens the skin of the hand, and strengthens its muscles instead of wasting them away: so that a day of arduous toil, that might excoriate a lady's palm, would make no sensible impression on that of a hardy ploughman. ( Anne Bronte, Agnes Grey)

Origin:

'to flay, strip off the skin of, to break and remove the outer layers of the skin in any manner,' early 15c, from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare 'flay, strip off the hide,' from Latin ex 'out, out of, off' + corium 'hide, skin'. Figurative sense of 'denounce, censure' is recorded in English by 1708. (Online Etymology Dictionary)

Excoriate, which first appeared in English in the 15th century, comes from excoriatus, the past participle of the Late Latin verb excoriare, meaning 'to strip off the hide.' Excoriare was itself formed from a pairing of the Latin prefix ex-, meaning 'out,' and corium, meaning 'skin' or 'hide' or 'leather.' Corium has several other descendants in English. One is 'cuirass,' a name for a piece of armor that covers the body from neck to waist (or something, such as bony plates covering an animal, that resembles such armor). Another is 'corium' itself, which is sometimes used as a synonym of 'dermis' (the inner layer of human skin) (Merriam-Webster)

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Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023

Edify (verb)
ed·i·fy [ed-uh-fahy]

verb (used with object)
1. to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.

OTHER WORDS FROM EDIFY
ed·i·fi·er, noun
non·ed·i·fied, adjective
re·ed·i·fy, verb (used with object), re·ed·i·fied, re·ed·i·fy·ing.
un·ed·i·fied, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO EDIFY
enlighten, uplift, educate, improve, teach

See synonyms for Edify on Thesaurus.com

Origin: 1300–50; Middle English edifien < Anglo-French, Old French edifier < Latin aedificare to build, equivalent to aedi- (stem of aedes ) house, temple + -ficare -fy

HOW TO USE EDIFY IN A SENTENCE
For the plurality of churches, without ministers and order, shall rather hurt than edify.
THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF RELIGION IN SCOTLAND | JOHN KNOX

Historic fidelity is to him a matter of indifference; he is only anxious to edify the reader.
THE APOSTLES | ERNEST RENAN

He will do his best to edify and amuse them: they may remember Cintino some day!
THE BROWNING CYCLOPDIA | EDWARD BERDOE

I must own that the spectacle which I witnessed on the day of my presentation did not edify me.
BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MEN | FRANCOIS ARAGO

Compassion may display itself in readiness both to relieve the physical needs of another, and to edify his character.
LUX MUNDI | VARIOUS

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expostulate [ik-spos-chuh-leyt]

verb:
to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done, remonstrate

Examples:

That the unofficial pope of Western atheism should expostulate about God in moments when life is a struggle does not of course mean that deep down atheists believe in God after all. (How much Christianity is hidden in British society?, BBC News, February 2012)

But her style, it is suggested (for what happened at those audiences was wholly confidential) was never to expostulate - merely to ask a leading question, or to drop a subtle hint. (Sarah Gristwood, Opinion: Why singing 'God Save the King' catches in the throat , CNN, September 2022 )

The generous nature of Safie was outraged by this command; she attempted to expostulate with her father, but he left her angrily, reiterating his tyrannical mandate. (Mary Shelley, Frankenstein)

The patriarch sent me to expostulate the matter with the King, which I did in very warm terms, telling him that we were assured by the Emperor of a reception in this country far different from what we met with, which assurances he had confirmed by his promise and the civilities we were entertained with at our first arrival; but that instead of friends who would compassionate our miseries, and supply our necessities, we found ourselves in the midst of mortal enemies that wanted to destroy us. (Father Lobo, A Voyage to Abyssinia)

The poems drift from one focus to another; they avoid the histrionic; they sigh more often than they expostulate. (Vendler, Helen, 'Robert Lowell's Last Days and Last Poems.' from Robert Lowell: A Tribute)

Origin:

1530s, 'to demand, to claim,' from Latin expostulatus, past participle of expostulare 'to demand urgently, remonstrate, find fault, dispute, complain of, demand the reason (for someone's conduct),' from ex 'from' + postulare 'to demand'. Friendlier sense of 'to reason earnestly (with someone) against a course of action, etc.' is first recorded in English 1570s. (Online Etymology Dictionary)

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Tuesday, Sep. 19, 2023

Erudite (adjective)
erudite [ er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo- ]

adjective
1. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.

OTHER WORDS FROM ERUDITE
er·u·dite·ly, adverb
er·u·dite·ness, noun
non·er·u·dite, adjective
non·er·u·dite·ly, adverb
non·er·u·dite·ness, noun
un·er·u·dite, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO ERUDITE
knowledgeable, literate, scholarly, brainy, cultivated, educated, highbrow, in the know, into, learned, lettered, savvy, scholastic, studious, well-read, wise up

See synonyms for erudite on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR ERUDITE
educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin eruditus, equivalent to erud(e)- (e- intensive prefix + rud- “unformed, rough, rude”) + -itus adjective suffix; see origin at e-, rude, -ite

HOW TO USE ERUDITE IN A SENTENCE
The gentle, erudite soul within a body the public considered an oddity is the contrast at the heart of “The Elephant Man.”
THE TRUE STORY OF ‘THE ELEPHANT MAN’ | RUSSELL SAUNDERS | NOVEMBER 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Patricia Clarkson gets to show off both as the woman who becomes fascinated with the erudite monster.
FALL BROADWAY PREVIEW: 'THIS IS OUR YOUTH,' BRADLEY COOPER AS ‘THE ELEPHANT MAN,' AND MORE | JANICE KAPLAN | SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Armed with a plan that was equal parts erudite and dauntless, Burger plunged into the project, rising to every challenge.
‘DIVERGENT’ IS NOT ‘THE HUNGER GAMES,’ SAYS DIRECTOR NEIL BURGER | KEVIN FALLON | MARCH 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

erudite is trying to wrestle control of the government away from Abnegation via nefarious schemes.
EXCLUSIVE: SHAILENE WOODLEY ON ‘DIVERGENT,’ J. LAW, AND WHY SHE TURNED DOWN ‘FIFTY SHADES OF GREY’ | MARLOW STERN | MARCH 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

But unlike Bloom and Eagleton, his books have been, while erudite and incisive, unashamedly populist.
JOHN SUTHERLAND‘S ENJOYABLE LITTLE HISTORY OF LITERATURE | MALCOLM FORBES | NOVEMBER 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

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Tuesday, Jul. 25, 2023

Exalt (verb)
ex·alt [ig-zawlt]

verb used with object
1. to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate: He was exalted to the position of president.
2. to praise; extol: to exalt someone to the skies.
3. to stimulate, as the imagination: The lyrics of Shakespeare exalted the audience.
4. to intensify, as a color: complementary colors exalt each other.
5. Obsolete . to elate, as with pride or joy.

OTHER WORDS FROM EXALT
ex·alt·er, noun
self-ex·alt·ing, adjective
su·per·ex·alt, verb (used with object)
un·ex·alt·ing, adjective

Can be confused: exult.

WORDS RELATED TO EXALT
dignify, extol, glorify, laud, magnify, revere acclaim, advance, aggrandize, apotheosize, applaud, bless, boost, commend, distinguish, ennoble, erect, eulogize, hero-worship, honor

See synonyms for: exalt / exalted / exalting on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR EXALT
1. promote, dignify, raise, ennoble.
2. glorify.

OPPOSITES FOR EXALT
1. humble.
2. depreciates.

SYNONYM STUDY FOR EXALT
1. See elevate.

ORIGIN: 1375–1425; late Middle English exalten < Latin exaltare to lift up, equivalent to ex-ex- + alt(us) high + -are infinitive ending

HOW TO USE EXALT IN A SENTENCE
Norman Maclean, the author I most associate with Montana, exalts the virtues of packing in the final story in his “A River Runs Through It” collection.
‘LLAMA THERAPY’ IN THE WILDS OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK | MARY WINSTON NICKLIN | OCTOBER 8, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST

These are things that they will never speak about, but it’s, it’s part of the illusion of being unreachable and being exalted from the everyday man.
PODCAST: IN THE AI OF THE BEHOLDER | ANTHONY GREEN | APRIL 1, 2021 | MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

Washington has a serious tendency to exalt semantics over common sense.
EGYPT’S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM OURS | CHRISTOPHER DICKEY | JULY 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

Not exactly the kind of jobs a new president wants to exalt as the solution of the future.
STARTING ON DAY ONE, NEW AD LISTS EVERYTHING ROMNEY WOULD ACCOMPLISH | DANIEL STONE | MAY 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSION | VARIOUS

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Tuesday, Jul. 11, 2023

Erroneous (adjective)
er·ro·ne·ous [uh-roh-nee-uhs, e-roh-]

adjective
1. containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong: an erroneous answer.
2. straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc.

OTHER WORDS FROM ERRONEOUS
er·ro·ne·ous·ly, adverb
er·ro·ne·ous·ness, noun
non·er·ro·ne·ous, adjective
non·er·ro·ne·ous·ness, noun

WORDS RELATED TO ERRONEOUS
false, faulty, flawed, inaccurate, invalid, misguided, mistaken, specious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, untrue, all wet, amiss, askew, awry, defective, fallacious, inexact, off

See synonyms for: erroneous / erroneously / erroneousness on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR ERRONEOUS
1. inaccurate, untrue, false.

OPPOSITES FOR ERRONEOUS
1. accurate.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin erroneus “straying,” equivalent to erron- (stem of erro ) “wanderer” (derivative of err-; see err) + -eus adjective suffix (see -eous)

HOW TO USE ERRONEOUS IN A SENTENCE
These included erroneous rumors about serious side effects, she said, and unproven conspiracy theories about government plans to microchip residents.
MOST NURSING HOME WORKERS DON’T WANT THE VACCINE. HERE’S WHAT FACILITIES ARE DOING ABOUT IT.|RACHEL CHASON, REBECCA TAN, JENNA PORTNOY, ERIN COX|JANUARY 27, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

“For months this company has been reporting inaccurate, unverifiable, erroneous things on my credit report and I am sick of it!!!”
DEBT COLLECTORS, PAYDAY LENDERS COLLECTED OVER $500 MILLION IN FEDERAL PANDEMIC RELIEF|PETER WHORISKEY, JOEL JACOBS, AARON GREGG|JANUARY 15, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

There was erroneous decision-making and insufficient security vetting of cases.
COTTON’S CLAIM THAT MAYORKAS WAS ‘GUILTY OF SELLING GREEN CARDS TO CHINESE NATIONALS’|GLENN KESSLER|DECEMBER 11, 2020|WASHINGTON POST

This point in particular generated pushback from some quarters, she recalls, with some faculty members objecting to the erroneous idea that this would mean “quotas” for minority hiring.
THE LONG PATH TO INCLUSIVITY|KATIE MCLEAN|OCTOBER 20, 2020|MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

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Extant (adjective)
extant [ ek-stuhnt, ik-stant ]

adjective
1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
2. Archaic. standing out; protruding.

OTHER WORDS FROM EXTANT
non·ex·tant, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH EXTANT
extent

WORDS RELATED TO EXTANT
surviving, actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, instant, living, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, undestroyed

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ORIGIN: 1535–45; < Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tans) standing out, present participle of exstare, equivalent to ex-ex- + stare to stand

HOW TO USE EXTANT IN A SENTENCE
Thermal Beach Club also promised to support the strangely extant surf club at Desert Mirage High School.
POSTCARD FROM THERMAL: SURVIVING THE CLIMATE GAP IN EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY|BY ELIZABETH WEIL AND MAURICIO RODRÍGUEZ PONS|AUGUST 17, 2021|PROPUBLICA

Jefferson was an eager champion of the arch as a symbol of the nation’s grandeur, but even in this early rendering — the first extant painting of the bridge — you detect the range of its symbolic ambiguity.
REKINDLING THE WONDER OF NATURAL BRIDGE, ONCE A TESTAMENT TO AMERICAN GRANDEUR|PHILIP KENNICOTT|JUNE 17, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

Finding extant life to determine its nature will require drilling down hundreds of meters to reach underground water where life might still thrive, bringing up samples, culturing them, and subjecting them to analysis.
THE PROFOUND POTENTIAL OF ELON MUSK’S NEW ROCKET - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERS|ROBERT ZUBRIN|MAY 12, 2021|NAUTILUS

Unlike most films in the Disney princess pantheon, Raya’s story isn’t taken from any extant cultural source, but comes from the brain of veteran Disney director Bradley Raymond, known mainly for directing sequels like Lion King 3 and Pocahontas 2.
DISNEY’S RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON IS A SUMPTUOUS FANTASY — BUT IT MAKES A MESS OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURE|AJA ROMANO|MARCH 5, 2021|VOX

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Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2023

Estimation (noun)
es·ti·ma·tion [es-tuh-mey-shuhn]

noun
1. judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
2. esteem; respect.
3. approximate calculation; estimate: to make an estimation of one's expenditures.

OTHER WORDS FROM ESTIMATION
pre·es·ti·ma·tion, noun
re·es·ti·ma·tion, noun
self-es·ti·ma·tion, noun

WORDS RELATED TO ESTIMATION
appraisal, assessment, evaluation, reckoning, admiration, appreciation, arithmetic, computation, consideration, credit, esteem, estimate, favor, figuring, impression, judgment, opinion, regard, respect, stock

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OTHER WORDS FOR ESTIMATION
2. appreciation, regard, honor, veneration.

ORIGIN: 1325–75; Middle English estimacioun < Middle French < Latin aestimation- (stem of aestimatio). See estimate, -ion

HOW TO USE ESTIMATION IN A SENTENCE
Based on Watanabe and colleagues’ estimations, Baikal seals may be getting about 20 percent of their daily calorie requirements just from amphipods.
USING COMB-SHAPED TEETH, BAIKAL SEALS FEED ON TINY CRUSTACEANS LIKE WHALES DO|JAKE BUEHLER|DECEMBER 11, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS

By his estimation, Mike Tyson shed about 100 pounds for his nostalgia-filled return to the boxing ring Saturday night.
MIKE TYSON FOUGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS. SO MUCH HAD CHANGED.|GENE WANG|NOVEMBER 29, 2020|WASHINGTON POST

If intensity estimations are correct, it looks to have made landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane.
PM UPDATE: GUSTY SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. CLEAR BUT COOLER ON MONDAY.|GREG PORTER|NOVEMBER 22, 2020|WASHINGTON POST

The team made new estimations of the reptiles’ weight, wing shape and wingspan, and then simulated how those features might translate into flapping, gliding or launching.
BAT-WINGED DINOSAURS WERE CLUMSY FLIERS|CAROLYN GRAMLING|OCTOBER 22, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS

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Estoc - noun.

The French estoc (also called a tuck in English) is a type of longsword used from the 14-17th centuries. It has a straight, edgeless blade with a sharp point that could pierce mail armor.

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