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Apricity
Noun
(a-pris-i-tee)
1. the warmth of the sun in winter.
Origin:
From Latin apricari (to bask in the sun). Earliest documented use: 1623.
“As he stood in the sunshine, apricity began to cover him like a wool sweater.”
- Ryan Patrick Sullivan, Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow
Caliginous
Adjective
[kuh-lij-uh-nuh s]
1. Archaic. misty; dim; dark.
Origin:
1540-1550; Caliginous has its source in the Latin caligo, “mist.”
“Finally the smell of smoke grew strong and I came hurriedly round a corner to find a synagogue on fire, smoke boiling up into a caliginous sky.”
- William H. Gass, The Tunnel
Temerarious
Adjective
[tem-uh-rair-ee-uh s]
1. reckless; rash.
Origin:
Temerarious comes from Latin temerarius, “rash,” from temere, “rashly, heedlessly.”
“So, on a pleasant weekend in March, one crew member and three fellow hardy fools – a truly temerarious team – set off across the ice.”
Rare Look Inside Caves; St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota); Apr 27, 2008.
Desideratum
Noun
[dih-sid-uh-rey-tuh m, -rah-, -zid-]
1. something wanted or needed.
Origin:
Desideratum is from Latin desideratum, “a thing desired,” from desiderare, “to desire.”
“No one in Berkeley – at least, no one I consorted with – thought art was for sissies, or that a pensionable job was the highest desideratum.”
- John Banville, Irish Times
Afflatus
Noun
[uh-fley-tuh s]
1. inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within.
2. divine communication of knowledge.
Origin:
Afflatus stems from the Latin term afflātus meaning “a breathing on.” The Latin root flāre means “to blow.” It entered English in the mid-1600s.
“His stories … are the perennial sources of his creative afflatus.”
Shafey Kidwai; The Past Never Died; The Hindu (Chennai, India)
Mansuetude
Noun
[man-swi-tood, -tyood]
1. mildness; gentleness.
Origin:
Mansuetude derives from the Latin mansuescere, literally “to tame by the hand.”
“For indeed, it is possible to attain a state of divine mansuetude that nothing dismays and nothing surprises, just as one in love might, after many years, arrive at a sublime tranquillity of the sentiments, sure of their force and durability, through constant experience of their pleasures and pains.”
- Honoré de Balzac, Jordan Stump, Adam Gopnik, The Wrong Side of Paris
Ubiquitous
Adjective
[yoo-bik-wi-tuh s]
1. existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent:
ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
Origin:
1830-40; Ubiquitous derives, via French, from Latin ubique, “everywhere,” from ubi, “where.” The noun form is ubiquity.
“The rise of a ubiquitous Internet, along with 24-hour news channels has, in some sense, had the opposite effect from what many might have hoped such free and open access to information would have had. It has instead provided free and open access, without the traditional media filters, to a barrage of disinformation.”
- Lawrence M. Krauss
Supererogatory
Adjective
[soo-per-uh-rog-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
1. going beyond the requirements of duty.
2. greater than that required or needed; superfluous.
Origin:
Supererogatory comes from Latin supererogare, “to spend over and above,” from super, “over, above” + erogare, “to ask for,” from e-, “out” + rogare, “to ask, to request.”
“But you are always given to surprise me with abundant kindness–with supererogatory kindness. I believe in that, certainly.”
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning to H. S. Boyd, August 14, 1844
Meritorious
Adjective
[mer-i-tawr-ee-uh s, -tohr-]
1. deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy:
to receive a gift for meritorious service.
Origin:
Meritorious is a good example of semantic amelioration. The Latin adjective meritōrius means “earning money, bringing in money, for hire.” Meritōrium is a noun use of this adjective and means “a room or place rented for a short time.” The plural of this noun meritōria means “house of prostitution, brothel.” Meritorious acquired a positive meaning in Middle English “entitling a person to a reward, especially a reward from God.” The word entered English in the first half of the 15th century.
“Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious”
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Equivoque
Noun
[ek-wuh-vohk, ee-kwuh-]
1. an equivocal term; an ambiguous expression.
2. a play on words; pun.
3. double meaning; ambiguity.
Origin:
Equivoque entered English in the late 1300s, and was originally spelled equivoc. It derives from the Late Latin term aequivocus meaning “ambiguous.”
“The [French] language, too, suggests shades and “nuances” of colouring, that exist not in other tongues–you can give to your canvas the precise tint you wish, for when mystery would prove a merit, the equivoque is there ready to your hand, that means so much, yet asserts so little.”
- Charles Lever, Arthur O'Leary: His wanderings and ponderings in many lands, 1845
Eximious
Adjective
(Eg-zim-ee-uh s)
1. Obsolete. distinguished; eminent; excellent.
Origin:
Eximious comes from the Latin adjective eximius “select, distinguished, excellent,” which is a derivative of the verb eximere, “to take out, remove.” It entered English in the mid-1500s.
“I must applaud your eximious valour, however, for life can be very difficult–and dangerous…”
– Claire Lorrimer, The Silver Link, 1993
Frondescence
Noun
[fron-des-uh ns]
1. the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
2. leafage; foliage.
Origin:
Frondescence derives from the New Latin noun frondescentia, a derivative of frondescent-, the present participle stem of frondescēns “becoming leafy,” from the inchoative verb frondescere “to become leafy, put forth leaves,” a derivative of frondēre “to have leaves.”
“… they continued their journey under the frondescence of the mountain forests.”
- Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Ill-Made Mute, 2001
tabula rasa
[tab-yuh-luh rah-suh]
— (noun) Literally means “blank slate” in Latin.
a mind not yet affected by experiences, impressions, etc.
anything existing undisturbed in its original pure state
Tabula rasa is the epistemological theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that their knowledge comes from experience and perception. Generally proponents of the tabula rasa thesis favour the “nurture” side of the nature versus nurture debate, when it comes to aspects of one’s personality, social and emotional behaviour, and intelligence.
Pertinacious
Adjective
[pur-tn-ey-shuh s]
1. holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
2. stubborn or obstinate.
3. extremely or objectionably persistent:
a pertinacious salesman from whom I could not escape.
Origin:
Pertinacious is from Latin pertinax, “having a firm hold, obstinate,” from per-, “thoroughly” + tenax, “holding fast, tenacious,” from tenere, “to hold.”
“When he made up his little [mind] to have or to do anything, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not change that pertinacious little mind.”
- Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
Largesse
Noun
[lahr-jes, lahr-jis]
1. generous bestowal of gifts.
2. the gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed.
3. Obsolete. generosity; liberality.
Origin:
1175-1225; Largesse comes from the Latin largus meaning “abundant.” It shares a root with the word large.
“They subsisted by the bounty, or largesse, as it was called, of the princes whom they served, which was one great source of expense to those who embarked in war…”
- Sir Walter Scott, “Feudal Chivalry,” Tales of a Grandfather, 1831
crux [kruhks]
— (noun) plural crux·es, cru·ces
a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point
a cross.
something that torments by its puzzling nature; a perplexing difficulty.
synonyms
essence, heart, core, gist.
Sine Die
Adverb
[sahy-nee dahy-ee, sin-ey-dee-ey; Latin si-ne dee-e]
1. without fixing a day for future action or meeting:
The assembly adjourned sine die.
Origin:
Sine die “without a day (set for resuming business)” is not a technical term in Roman law, political procedure, or religion; it is a Latin phrase used nearly exclusively in modern legislative and corporate procedure. The phrase entered English in the 17th century.
“… the fates were against Mrs. Jupp, and the meeting between my hero and his former landlady was postponed sine die…”
- Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903
Desiderium
Noun
[des-i-deer-ee-uh m]
1. an ardent longing, as for something lost.
Origin:
1705-1715; Desiderium comes from the Latin verb dēsīderāre meaning “to long for; require."
“I was swept away by the irresistible desiderium incognitti which breaks down all obstacles and refuses to recognise the impossible”
― Sven Hedin, My Life as an Explorer
Noun
(a-pris-i-tee)
1. the warmth of the sun in winter.
Origin:
From Latin apricari (to bask in the sun). Earliest documented use: 1623.
“As he stood in the sunshine, apricity began to cover him like a wool sweater.”
- Ryan Patrick Sullivan, Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow
Caliginous
Adjective
[kuh-lij-uh-nuh s]
1. Archaic. misty; dim; dark.
Origin:
1540-1550; Caliginous has its source in the Latin caligo, “mist.”
“Finally the smell of smoke grew strong and I came hurriedly round a corner to find a synagogue on fire, smoke boiling up into a caliginous sky.”
- William H. Gass, The Tunnel
Temerarious
Adjective
[tem-uh-rair-ee-uh s]
1. reckless; rash.
Origin:
Temerarious comes from Latin temerarius, “rash,” from temere, “rashly, heedlessly.”
“So, on a pleasant weekend in March, one crew member and three fellow hardy fools – a truly temerarious team – set off across the ice.”
Rare Look Inside Caves; St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota); Apr 27, 2008.
Desideratum
Noun
[dih-sid-uh-rey-tuh m, -rah-, -zid-]
1. something wanted or needed.
Origin:
Desideratum is from Latin desideratum, “a thing desired,” from desiderare, “to desire.”
“No one in Berkeley – at least, no one I consorted with – thought art was for sissies, or that a pensionable job was the highest desideratum.”
- John Banville, Irish Times
Afflatus
Noun
[uh-fley-tuh s]
1. inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within.
2. divine communication of knowledge.
Origin:
Afflatus stems from the Latin term afflātus meaning “a breathing on.” The Latin root flāre means “to blow.” It entered English in the mid-1600s.
“His stories … are the perennial sources of his creative afflatus.”
Shafey Kidwai; The Past Never Died; The Hindu (Chennai, India)
Mansuetude
Noun
[man-swi-tood, -tyood]
1. mildness; gentleness.
Origin:
Mansuetude derives from the Latin mansuescere, literally “to tame by the hand.”
“For indeed, it is possible to attain a state of divine mansuetude that nothing dismays and nothing surprises, just as one in love might, after many years, arrive at a sublime tranquillity of the sentiments, sure of their force and durability, through constant experience of their pleasures and pains.”
- Honoré de Balzac, Jordan Stump, Adam Gopnik, The Wrong Side of Paris
Ubiquitous
Adjective
[yoo-bik-wi-tuh s]
1. existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent:
ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
Origin:
1830-40; Ubiquitous derives, via French, from Latin ubique, “everywhere,” from ubi, “where.” The noun form is ubiquity.
“The rise of a ubiquitous Internet, along with 24-hour news channels has, in some sense, had the opposite effect from what many might have hoped such free and open access to information would have had. It has instead provided free and open access, without the traditional media filters, to a barrage of disinformation.”
- Lawrence M. Krauss
Supererogatory
Adjective
[soo-per-uh-rog-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
1. going beyond the requirements of duty.
2. greater than that required or needed; superfluous.
Origin:
Supererogatory comes from Latin supererogare, “to spend over and above,” from super, “over, above” + erogare, “to ask for,” from e-, “out” + rogare, “to ask, to request.”
“But you are always given to surprise me with abundant kindness–with supererogatory kindness. I believe in that, certainly.”
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning to H. S. Boyd, August 14, 1844
Meritorious
Adjective
[mer-i-tawr-ee-uh s, -tohr-]
1. deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy:
to receive a gift for meritorious service.
Origin:
Meritorious is a good example of semantic amelioration. The Latin adjective meritōrius means “earning money, bringing in money, for hire.” Meritōrium is a noun use of this adjective and means “a room or place rented for a short time.” The plural of this noun meritōria means “house of prostitution, brothel.” Meritorious acquired a positive meaning in Middle English “entitling a person to a reward, especially a reward from God.” The word entered English in the first half of the 15th century.
“Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious”
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Equivoque
Noun
[ek-wuh-vohk, ee-kwuh-]
1. an equivocal term; an ambiguous expression.
2. a play on words; pun.
3. double meaning; ambiguity.
Origin:
Equivoque entered English in the late 1300s, and was originally spelled equivoc. It derives from the Late Latin term aequivocus meaning “ambiguous.”
“The [French] language, too, suggests shades and “nuances” of colouring, that exist not in other tongues–you can give to your canvas the precise tint you wish, for when mystery would prove a merit, the equivoque is there ready to your hand, that means so much, yet asserts so little.”
- Charles Lever, Arthur O'Leary: His wanderings and ponderings in many lands, 1845
Eximious
Adjective
(Eg-zim-ee-uh s)
1. Obsolete. distinguished; eminent; excellent.
Origin:
Eximious comes from the Latin adjective eximius “select, distinguished, excellent,” which is a derivative of the verb eximere, “to take out, remove.” It entered English in the mid-1500s.
“I must applaud your eximious valour, however, for life can be very difficult–and dangerous…”
– Claire Lorrimer, The Silver Link, 1993
Frondescence
Noun
[fron-des-uh ns]
1. the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
2. leafage; foliage.
Origin:
Frondescence derives from the New Latin noun frondescentia, a derivative of frondescent-, the present participle stem of frondescēns “becoming leafy,” from the inchoative verb frondescere “to become leafy, put forth leaves,” a derivative of frondēre “to have leaves.”
“… they continued their journey under the frondescence of the mountain forests.”
- Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Ill-Made Mute, 2001
tabula rasa
[tab-yuh-luh rah-suh]
— (noun) Literally means “blank slate” in Latin.
a mind not yet affected by experiences, impressions, etc.
anything existing undisturbed in its original pure state
Tabula rasa is the epistemological theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that their knowledge comes from experience and perception. Generally proponents of the tabula rasa thesis favour the “nurture” side of the nature versus nurture debate, when it comes to aspects of one’s personality, social and emotional behaviour, and intelligence.
Pertinacious
Adjective
[pur-tn-ey-shuh s]
1. holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
2. stubborn or obstinate.
3. extremely or objectionably persistent:
a pertinacious salesman from whom I could not escape.
Origin:
Pertinacious is from Latin pertinax, “having a firm hold, obstinate,” from per-, “thoroughly” + tenax, “holding fast, tenacious,” from tenere, “to hold.”
“When he made up his little [mind] to have or to do anything, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not change that pertinacious little mind.”
- Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
Largesse
Noun
[lahr-jes, lahr-jis]
1. generous bestowal of gifts.
2. the gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed.
3. Obsolete. generosity; liberality.
Origin:
1175-1225; Largesse comes from the Latin largus meaning “abundant.” It shares a root with the word large.
“They subsisted by the bounty, or largesse, as it was called, of the princes whom they served, which was one great source of expense to those who embarked in war…”
- Sir Walter Scott, “Feudal Chivalry,” Tales of a Grandfather, 1831
crux [kruhks]
— (noun) plural crux·es, cru·ces
a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point
a cross.
something that torments by its puzzling nature; a perplexing difficulty.
synonyms
essence, heart, core, gist.
Sine Die
Adverb
[sahy-nee dahy-ee, sin-ey-dee-ey; Latin si-ne dee-e]
1. without fixing a day for future action or meeting:
The assembly adjourned sine die.
Origin:
Sine die “without a day (set for resuming business)” is not a technical term in Roman law, political procedure, or religion; it is a Latin phrase used nearly exclusively in modern legislative and corporate procedure. The phrase entered English in the 17th century.
“… the fates were against Mrs. Jupp, and the meeting between my hero and his former landlady was postponed sine die…”
- Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903
Desiderium
Noun
[des-i-deer-ee-uh m]
1. an ardent longing, as for something lost.
Origin:
1705-1715; Desiderium comes from the Latin verb dēsīderāre meaning “to long for; require."
“I was swept away by the irresistible desiderium incognitti which breaks down all obstacles and refuses to recognise the impossible”
― Sven Hedin, My Life as an Explorer
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