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14 comments:
Thanks, Lauren!!
Coup: French 1400 "colp" to cut/strike
also "a blow/slap"
Resplendent: 1448, from Latin word "resplendentum" meaning "brilliant;radiant".
Resplendent: 1448, from Latin word "resplendentum" which means "brilliant; splendid."
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
Soporific: From French in 1690, formed from the Latin for "deep sleep."
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.
Libertarian: French "libertaire" 1789 "one who holds the doctrine of free will"
Libertarian Party founded in Colorado, 1971.
Quasi: Latin. from "as if" or "as much as". 1485
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.
FLOUT
1566,
"to display oneself in flashy clothes," of unknown origin;
perhaps a variant of flout or vaunt.
FRENCH
Transitive sense is from 1827.
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
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