silverfox Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 quire 1 (kwr)n.1. Abbr. qr. or q. A set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream*.2. A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Middle English quayer, four double sheets of paper, from Old French quaer, from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quatern, set of four, four each, from quater, four times; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------quire 2 (kwr)n. & v. Archaic Variant of choir. The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ?2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.(* ream 1 n1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a number of sheets of paper, formerly 480 sheets (short ream), now 500 sheets (long ream) or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream). One ream is equal to 20 quires2. (often plural) Informal a large quantity, esp of written matter he wrote reams[from Old French raime, from Spanish rezma, from Arabic rizmah bale]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ream2vb (tr)1. to enlarge (a hole) by use of a reamer2. US to extract (juice) from (a citrus fruit) using a reamer[perhaps from C14 remen to open up, from Old English rȳman to widen]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged ? HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-352796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YawnAlot Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I have quite the fondness for abligurition (excessive spending on food and drink!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-352846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Deracinated1. To pull out by the roots; uproot.2. To displace from one's native or accustomed environment.Good old Telegraph. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-353131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 Embowerem?bow?er transitive verb \im-ˈbau̇(-ə)r\Definition of EMBOWER:to shelter or enclose in or as if in a bower Examples of EMBOWERlike a rose embowered in its own green leaves ? P. B. Shelley over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the gardenFirst Known Use of EMBOWER1580 merriam-webster.com/dictionary Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-355517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 AntimacassarWell strictly speaking not a new word, but I found out where it comes from...Apparently Macassar was a hair cream widely used, and much celebrated, at the beginning of the 19th Century.So the anti-Macassar was anti hair oil. They should install them on bus windows.Which is a shame really, because antimacassar sounds like it would be much better if it were an elderly relative's oversized underwear. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-362058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 >quire 2 (kwr)>n. & v. Archaic>Variant of choir.Still battling on. Try a search on quire with, eg, chapel, church, or prayer. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-362541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 >quire 2 (kwr)>n. & v. Archaic>Variant of choir. Quotation by Abraham CowleyEven Lust the Master of a hardned Face,Blushes if thou beest in the place,To darkness' Curtains he retires,In Sympathizing Night he rowls his smoaky Fires.When, Goddess, thou liftst up thy wakened Head,Out of the Mornings purple bed,Thy Quire of Birds about thee play,And all the joyful world salutes the rising day.Abraham Cowley (1618?1667), British poet. Hymn: To Light (l. 57?64). . .Seventeenth-Century Verse and Prose, Vols. I?II. Vol. I: 1600?1660; Vol. II: 1660?1700. Helen C. White, Ruth C. Wallerstein, and Ricardo Quintana, eds. (1951, 1952) The Macmillan Company.QuiristersWinchester, The Pilgrim?s School (Quiristers)Late fourteenth century originsOn 28 March 1394 William of Wykeham formally opened his college at Winchester with 70 poor scholars, a warden, headmaster and second master, ten priest-fellows, three chaplains, three lay clerks, 10 commoners (that is, those who paid for their commons) and 16 quiristers. The latter lived in a very small house in Chamber Court. The statutes were issued in their final form in 1400. Concerning the quiristers they must be paupers and they should be under 12 years old, well mannered and with an ability to sing. They were to be eligible for Winchester college scholarships and would have a free education under a chaplain or other teacher in return for their singing.For many years they served in the college, helping the servants to make the fellows? beds and waiting at table. Each quirister was given cloth for a gown and they must not wear hats. For about 150 years Wykeham?s plans worked smoothly and each year four or five quiristers were admitted to the college as scholars. http://www.ofchoristers.net/Chapters/WinchesterQuiristers.htm Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-362786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 gas?tro?lithnoun \ˈgas-trə-ˌlith\Definition: a stone or pebble ingested by an animal and functioning to grind food in gastric digestion Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-365162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarot Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 blather. rambling talk with no real substance. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-365255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Malefic1. Having or exerting a malignant influence.2. Evil; malicious.[Latin maleficus : male, ill; see mel-3 in Indo-European roots + -ficus, -fic.] Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-365938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 hieingUsed by woolmarkthedog on the Ask Silverfox thread in the Lounge HIE (verb) hied hy-ing or hie-ingDefinition of HIEintransitive verb: to go quickly: hasten transitive verb: to cause (oneself) to go quickly Examples of HIEwe had best hie home before the snow gets worse Origin of HIEMiddle English, from Old English h?gian to strive, hastenFirst Known Use: 12th centuryMerriam-Webster Dictionary Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-378341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Great thread this. When people accuse me of winning debates from 'clever words' this is where I learn them. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-378345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 rheumyAs in "Casting a rheumy eye round the chamber, Charlie realised he was under-dressed..." Quentin Letts Daily Mail (3/11/10)rheum noun \ˈr?m\Definition of RHEUM1: a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or nose 2 archaic: tears ? rheumy\ˈr?-m?\ adjective Origin of RHEUMMiddle English reume, from Anglo-French, from Latin rheuma, from Greek, literally, flow, flux, from rhein to flow Merriam-Webster DictionaryHis head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. --Dryden. And tempt the rheumy and unpurged airTo add unto his sickness. --Shakespeare. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-378554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 shellacking As used by President Obama when taking the blame for the the midterm election resultsshel?lack?ing[shuh-lak-ing] ?noun Slang (chiefly US, Canadian) 1. an utter defeat: "a shellacking their team will remember". 2. a sound thrashing: "His father gave him a shellacking for stealing the book". Origin: 1705?15; shell + lac (trans. of F laque en ?cailles) 1 shel?lac [shuh-lak] noun, verb, -lacked, -lack?ing. ?noun 1. lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish. 2. a varnish (shellac varnish) made by dissolving this material in alcohol or a similar solvent. 3. a phonograph record made of a breakable material containing shellac, esp. one to be played at 78 r.p.m.: an LP that can hold nearly 10 times as much as the old shellac. ?verb (used with object) 4. to coat or treat with shellac. 5. Slang . a. to defeat; trounce. b. to thrash soundly. Word Origin & History 1713, from shell + lac (see lacquer). Translates Fr. laque en ?cailles "lac in thin plates." The verb is 1876, from the noun. The slang sense of "beat soundly" is 1920s, perhaps from the notion of shellac as a "finish." Shellacked "drunk" is from 1922 (cf. plastered). Online Etymology Dictionary, ? 2010 Douglas Harper Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-378919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladymuck Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 DilettanteThank you to the person who used this word in an email (and made me laugh most heartily in the process) - I hope you know who you are. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-378926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 HacktivistAs in: "Amazon brought down by ?hacktivists?" Hacktivist(s) (noun)A hacker, or group of hackers, who carry out 'dedicated denial of service' (DDOS) attacks on websites as a protest or in furtherance of a cause, by using a botnet (a network of computers controlled by one hacker) to overload a website with high numbers of requests so that it stops working. Cited in The Times, today, December 13 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-391783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 AlbedoThe difference in the reflection of light between the face of a planet facing its sun and the face turned away from that sunAs in:"...They measured the amount of light coming from the planet's "night side" - when it is directly in front of its star. They compared that to the light coming from its "day side", just before it passes behind its star and Kepler sees it bathed in light.The difference between the two gives a measure of how much light the planet reflects - or its albedoIn our Solar System, clouds on Jupiter give it an albedo of 52%; Earth's is about 37%. But it appears that TrES-2b reflects less than 1% of its star's light."This albedo is darker than that of black acrylic paint or coal - it's weird," Dr Kipping told BBC News..."(Darkest exoplanet spotted by astronomers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14476411) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-464962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 BLOVIATEAs in:"...Interestingly, though, Carr?s* book never mentions the fact that the internet material itself, the very ideas that we are skimming, are mostly puerile crap and bloviating nonsense..." blo?vi?ate verb blo?vi?at?ed, blo?vi?at?ing, blo?vi?ates Definition of Bloviate intransitive verb: to speak or write verbosely and windily/to discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner/ to speak loudly, verbosely, and at great length, without saying much? blo?vi?a?tion \ˌbl?-v?-ˈ?-shən\ noun Origin of BLOVIATEUS Slang Mock-Latinate formation, from blow.First Known Use: circa 1879Cited by Kevin Maher in The Times today (The internet will produce nothing less than a new generation of surface-skimming morons - Times2)(*The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains. Nicholas Carr 2011) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-515043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 OrganolepticallyAs in:"...Dedicated trained staff are employed as salt testers and flavour attendants. These people organoleptically assess the product on an hourly basis to determine the acceptability of the flavour level..." *or?gan?o?lep?tic - adjectiveDefinition of Organoleptic1 being, affecting, or relating to qualities (including taste, sight, smell, and touch) of a substance (as a food or drug) that stimulate the sense organs 2 involving use of the sense organs or?gan?o?lep?ti?cal?ly - adverbOrigin of OrganolepticFrench organoleptique, from organ- + Greek lēptikos receptive (from lēptos, taken, seized, from lambanein, to take) First Known Use: 1852(* Cited by United Biscuits regarding the production process for KP Dry Roasted Nuts) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-530270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 SUSURRUS (soo-sur-uhs) noun As in "a soft susurrus of conversation"plural -rus?es.Definition of SU-SUR-RUS (also su?sur?ra?tion - noun)- A soft, whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.su?sur-rous, su?sur?rant?adjectives Origin of?SUSURRUSMiddle English susurracioun, from Late Latin susurrti, susurrtin-, from Latin susurrtus, past participle of susurrre, to whisper, from susurrus, whisper, ultimately of imitative origin.First Known Use: 1826 Cited today by Brendan, as belowRe: ?45,000 a year not enough for truck drivers newPosted by: Brendan Today, 04:27PMI want to be a susurrus. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-533902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 SPURTLEspur?tle noun \ˈspər-təl\Definition of SPURTLE(chiefly Scottish): a wooden stick for stirring porridgeOrigin of SPURTLEorigin unknownFirst Known Use: 1756Cited On BBC website in article about World Porridge Making Championships http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-19854182 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-583169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 PLEONASMple?o?nasm noun Definition of PLEONASM1: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said): redundancy2: an instance or example of pleonasm? ple?o?nas?tic adjective? ple?o?nas?ti?cal?ly adverb Origin of PLEONASMLate Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos, from pleonazein to be excessive, from pleiōn, pleōn more First Known Use: 1610 Cited by RosieH today on the Unnecessary Words thread Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-584414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Interesting addition to Comport, the first word on this thread.The use of Comport as a noun, which I haven't come across in the dictionaries:Comport (noun)A large, covered glass bowl on a stem, which can be used as a serving piece for compotesCited by Replacements, Ltd. Dean's Corner"Most tableware glossaries define ?compote? as a large, covered glass bowl on a stem, which can be used as a serving piece. These items were commonly found on tables from the mid-1800s until well into the 20th century. However, at a conference several years ago, we learned from glassware expert Frank Fenton that all compotes are actually comports!Fenton explained that ?compote? was a type of food, and that comports were the pieces used to serve this tasty dish. He then showed us a number of period catalog illustrations http://www.replacements.com/thismonth/images/deans_corner_comport_x.jpg indeed, the glass objects were listed as comports in every instance. http://www.replacements.com/thismonth/archive/v1314n.htm?s1=let&652&See also LuLu Too's mention of Comportment abovecom?port?mentnoun- personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behaviour. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-586087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siduhe Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Tautonym: zoological name of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the specific name have the same spelling - eg rattus rattus) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-586338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 SpoliationAs in: "... it is not impossible that one or two of these objects may, as research goes on, prove to have come from collections which were the subject of spoliation during the Nazi period ..."(Cited by curator Tim Wilson, 'Oxford's Ashmolean Museum unveils silver treasure trove' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21274496 )spo?li?a?tion[spoh-lee-ey-shuhn]noun1. the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.2. authorized plundering of neutrals at sea in time of war.3. Law. the destruction or material alteration of a bill of exchange, will, or the like.4. the act of spoiling or damaging something.Verb - to spoliateOrigin:1350?1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French spoliacion, < Latin spoliātiōn- (stem of spoliātiō ), equivalent to spoliāt(us) (past participle of spoliāre to spoil/plunder; see -ate ) + -iōn- -ion Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/7991-learned-a-new-word-today/page/4/#findComment-612528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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