Monday, November 30, 2009

Etymology words!!

idiosyncratic= Modern English= 1640s-idiosyncrasy, 1960- "shifty" from "quirk"

14 comments:

Mrs. Moon said...

Thanks, Lauren!!

sarah said...

Coup: French 1400 "colp" to cut/strike

also "a blow/slap"

Confucious said...

Resplendent: 1448, from Latin word "resplendentum" meaning "brilliant;radiant".

Confucious said...

Resplendent: 1448, from Latin word "resplendentum" which means "brilliant; splendid."

Mel said...

malapropism: 1668, from French word mal à propos meaning "inopportunely, inappropriately,"

also from the character Mrs. Malaprop in Sheridan's play "The Rivals" (1775), she was noted for her ridiculous misuse of large words

Mrs. Moon said...

Soporific: From French in 1690, formed from the Latin for "deep sleep."

Mrs. Moon said...

Some of my favorite malapropisms:

He had to use a fire distinguisher.

Dad says the monster is just a pigment of my imagination.

Isn't that an expensive pendulum round that man's neck?

Good punctuation means not to be late.

He's a wolf in cheap clothing.

Michelangelo painted the Sixteenth Chapel.

My sister has extra-century perception.

"Don't" is a contraption.

Madison said...

Libertarian: French "libertaire" 1789 "one who holds the doctrine of free will"

Libertarian Party founded in Colorado, 1971.

Brittany said...

Quasi: Latin. from "as if" or "as much as". 1485

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Kathryn said...

Behemoth: in the Late 14 century. means huge biblical beast. From the Hebrew word b'hemoth usually taken from b'hemah meaning "beast".

There was another orgin, but I think that this one was more accurate.... Mrs. Moon, let me know if you have something different.

Julian said...

FLOUT
1566,
"to display oneself in flashy clothes," of unknown origin;
perhaps a variant of flout or vaunt.
FRENCH
Transitive sense is from 1827.

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Julian said...

THIS IS TAYLOR:

ACERBIC(adj)

1865
LATIN - 'acerbus'
"harsh to the taste, sharp, bitter, sour"

My father wouldn't let me turn on the computer because of the storm and i need to help my fellow classmates with their Etymology