Another word a day part 14 doc

... remedial value for what is causing the problem. From Latin placebo (I shall please), from Latin placere (to please). What does placebo have in common with placid, plea, pleasant,or complacent? All ... as ENT. ● “‘Marvin’s Room’ is so loaded up with terminal illnesses that it has as much nosology as narrative: there are paralysing strokes, mental illness, asphyxiation, leukaemia, senility and...

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... Seattle,Washington cmp02.qxd 7/21/05 12 :14 PM Page 59 From Middle English cataracte,from Latin cataracta,from Greek katarraktes (waterfall, portcullis, floodgate), from katarassein (to dash down). ... incident was characterized as gang activity, ‘probably drug-related.’ Mason winced at the words. The line had grown to be a bad joke around the mission,the explanation they almost always got...

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... from the same Latin root (salire) are sally, somersault, insult,result,and saute. ● “Sarabands that can charm a saltant chap at a danza . . .” —Christian Bök, Eunoia conurbation (kon-uhr-BAY-shuhn) noun ... the valley boundaries and eliminating day- use auto touring.” —Sierra plausive (PLAW-ziv, -siv) adjective Applauding. From Latin plaus-, past participle of plaudere (to applaud). Othe...

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... 6 alembic, 44 ambit, 67 ambsace, 76 amesace, 76 amicable, 133 amigo, 212 amphigory, 29 amphigouri, 29 anon, 22 antebellum, 193 aporia, 99 apparat, 155 archimage, 184 armada, 214 assize, 89 assoil, ... Moscow Hellas: Greece Eesti: Estonia Alemanha: Portuguese for Germany Kanada: German for Canada Litwa: Polish for Lithuania Inglaterra: Spanish for England Statunitense: Italian for United Stat...

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... Another Word A Day ffirs.qxd 7/21/05 12:07 PM Page i Another Word A Day An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English Anu Garg John Wiley & Sons, ... (or Places That Became Words) 9 orrery ● cadogan ● Oxfordian ● derby ● Yarborough 3 Words Having Origins in Chess 14 zugzwang ● checkmate ● gambit ● stalemate ● endgame 4 Words That Ap...

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... mad about his flat,he really loves his apart- ment. An American,in exactly the same words, is angry about hav- ing a flat tire. Well, maybe British and American are two different languages. This book ... obsolete). 2 ANOTHER WORD A DAY cintro.qxd 7/21/05 12:08 PM Page 2 43 Miscellaneous Words II 178 telic ● saltant ● conurbation ● trade-last ● tardigrade 44 Words That Aren’t What They...

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... the Russian advances—real and imagined—in Central Asia, the Himalayas and Tibet.” —New York Times gambit (GAM-bit) noun 1. An opening in which a pawn or another piece is sacri- ficed to obtain a strategic ... And she’s an Oxfordian, a believer in Edward de Vere as the real Shakespeare.” —Montreal Gazette EARLS WHO BECAME WORDS (OR PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS) 11 Whodunit The battle rages,...

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... from gamba (leg). ● “North Korea will no doubt try to gain maximum advantage by playing South Korea,America and Japan off against each other. If it fails to get the result—and the cash—it wants ... Economist 22 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. — CARL SAGAN, astronomer and author (1934–1996) Hasta Mañana These three possibilities for the word ano...

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... Economist 32 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. — HANLON’S RAZOR Bard Bettered Several years ago, I heard a delightful story about Isaac Bashe- vis ... other language, and that some words were in fact untranslatable. As an example Singer picked the word chutzpah,saying that its being an untranslat- able word he was...

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... mittere. 38 ANOTHER WORD A DAY I never vote for anyone; I always vote against. — W. C. F IELDS, comedian (1880–1946) cmp01.qxd 7/21/05 12:12 PM Page 38 W hat do a magazine and an albatross have in ... lasche (slack), ultimately from Latin laxare (to loosen). When you admire the “lush” decor of an apartment, sign a “lease,” simply “relax,” or use a “laxative,” you are employing t...

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