is read as \DOU-tee\ which means steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant
Related terms: dauntless; brave; bold; intrepid; fearless
Example1:
In the movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Peter was crowned as King for he was doughty enough to fight against the evil witch, Jadis. I like the movie so much that I could watch it again and again. Whew!
Example2:
Mrs. Doublin was doughty enough to engage herself in some dough-making competition even if she has no idea how to make it.
dictionary.com page link for doughty
Friday, July 30, 2010
Largesse
\lahr-JES; lahr-JIS\ means generous bestowal of gifts; generosity
Also spelled as largess which means a gift or money given as of service or out of benevolence; usually given ostentatiously.
Related term: munificence - liberality in bestowing gifts
Example1:
Mrs. Manning never forgets to do some largesse not only during Christmas but every now and then.
Example2:
I always wanted to receive a munificent gift that would last a lifetime. Hmmm! What could it be? Love?
dictionary.com page link for largesse
Also spelled as largess which means a gift or money given as of service or out of benevolence; usually given ostentatiously.
Related term: munificence - liberality in bestowing gifts
Example1:
Mrs. Manning never forgets to do some largesse not only during Christmas but every now and then.
Example2:
I always wanted to receive a munificent gift that would last a lifetime. Hmmm! What could it be? Love?
dictionary.com page link for largesse
Absquatulate
is read as \ab-SKWOCH-uh-leyt\ which means to flee; abscond; run away, usually includes something or somebody along.
.........to leave quickly or in a hurry; to decamp; to depart
Example1:
Burglary is very common nowadays in our locality. Yesterday, some burglars absquatulated with ancient gold and silver coins from Mr. and Mrs. Skinner.
Example2:
The plan is to take her belongings one by one so that when the day comes for them to absquatulate together, it would be easy and quick.
dictionary.com page link for absquatulate
.........to leave quickly or in a hurry; to decamp; to depart
Example1:
Burglary is very common nowadays in our locality. Yesterday, some burglars absquatulated with ancient gold and silver coins from Mr. and Mrs. Skinner.
Example2:
The plan is to take her belongings one by one so that when the day comes for them to absquatulate together, it would be easy and quick.
dictionary.com page link for absquatulate
Busticate
\BUHS-ti-keyt\ means to break into pieces (used with object)
Example1.
With so many children around, going in and out of the house, it's very difficult not to avoid glasses and figurines from being busticated.
Example2.
I thought the word busticate can be used to describe or to say something about the human heart but it seems like it's only for objects. But isn't a heart an object?
dictionary.com page link for busticate
Example1.
With so many children around, going in and out of the house, it's very difficult not to avoid glasses and figurines from being busticated.
Example2.
I thought the word busticate can be used to describe or to say something about the human heart but it seems like it's only for objects. But isn't a heart an object?
dictionary.com page link for busticate
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Debacle
\dey-BAH-kuhl\ means
..........a sudden and violent collapse
...............a breaking up of ice in a river
....................overwhelming disaster
Related terms: ruin, fiasco, catastrophe, calamity
Example1.
An intensity 8 earthquake caused most of the huge buildings to collapse within seconds that it put everybody in shock and disbelief. It was such a debacle which I haven't seen in a long time.
Example2.
I never knew that the breaking of ice in a river just like what was shown in the movie Narnia, is also called a debacle until I included this word in Logofanum.
dictionary.com page link for debacle
..........a sudden and violent collapse
...............a breaking up of ice in a river
....................overwhelming disaster
Related terms: ruin, fiasco, catastrophe, calamity
Example1.
An intensity 8 earthquake caused most of the huge buildings to collapse within seconds that it put everybody in shock and disbelief. It was such a debacle which I haven't seen in a long time.
Example2.
I never knew that the breaking of ice in a river just like what was shown in the movie Narnia, is also called a debacle until I included this word in Logofanum.
dictionary.com page link for debacle
Purlieu
\PUR-loo; PURL-yoo\ means outskirts; a term used of the outlying parts of a place or district.
1. purlieus, environs, neighborhood
2. a place where one may range at large; confines or bounds
3. a person's haunt or resort
4. a piece of land on the edge of the forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership
Source: dictionary.com
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1. purlieus, environs, neighborhood
2. a place where one may range at large; confines or bounds
3. a person's haunt or resort
4. a piece of land on the edge of the forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership
Source: dictionary.com
dictionary.com page link for purlieu
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Puissant
is read as \PWIS-uhnt\ meaning powerful, mighty, potent
Example1:
Nuclear bomb is a very puissant weapon to wipe out the entire human race.
(I encountered this word in a book on How To Build A Better Vocabulary and since I lack retention I included puissant here to remind me of what it is).
Example2:
Some village people in our locality have always told my husband that the kind of tablet he is recommending for them to take for any kind of pain is very puissant. They used to come and say their thanks in awe.
dictionary.com page link for puissant
Example1:
Nuclear bomb is a very puissant weapon to wipe out the entire human race.
(I encountered this word in a book on How To Build A Better Vocabulary and since I lack retention I included puissant here to remind me of what it is).
Example2:
Some village people in our locality have always told my husband that the kind of tablet he is recommending for them to take for any kind of pain is very puissant. They used to come and say their thanks in awe.
dictionary.com page link for puissant
Obsequy
is read as \OB-si-kwee\ which means funeral rites
The word usually appears in plural form...obsequies \OB-si-kwiz\!
I have attended a few obsequies in my life though mostly the Christian way. I only heard how they are done the Islam way. Other than these, I knew nothing else about obsequies.
dictionary.com page link for obsequy
The word usually appears in plural form...obsequies \OB-si-kwiz\!
I have attended a few obsequies in my life though mostly the Christian way. I only heard how they are done the Islam way. Other than these, I knew nothing else about obsequies.
dictionary.com page link for obsequy
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Opprobrious
\uh-PRO-bree-uhs\ means outrageously disgraceful or shameful
Related terms: ignominious, despicable, contemptible
Example1: It is considered to be opprobrious to bear a child out of wedlock.
Example2: I am telling you, my in-laws are outrageously despicable. I never thought I am capable of loathing somebody but after what they have done to me...phew! They are dead to me!
dictionary.com page link for opprobrious
Related terms: ignominious, despicable, contemptible
Example1: It is considered to be opprobrious to bear a child out of wedlock.
Example2: I am telling you, my in-laws are outrageously despicable. I never thought I am capable of loathing somebody but after what they have done to me...phew! They are dead to me!
dictionary.com page link for opprobrious
Monday, July 26, 2010
Brannigan
\BRAN-i-guhn\ means
.........a squabble; a brawl
................a carouse; bacchanalian (a noisy feast with much alcohol consumption)
Example1: They were out carousing last night with four other members of the board.
Example2: Don't start a brannigan with me. You might regret it.
dictionary.com page link for brannigan
.........a squabble; a brawl
................a carouse; bacchanalian (a noisy feast with much alcohol consumption)
Example1: They were out carousing last night with four other members of the board.
Example2: Don't start a brannigan with me. You might regret it.
dictionary.com page link for brannigan
Tantivy
\tan-TIV-ee\ means a rapid gallop or the sound of a horn in imitation of a galloping horse.
We found the sheriff galloping tantivy in search for the three fugitives who ransacked the town's warehouse.
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We found the sheriff galloping tantivy in search for the three fugitives who ransacked the town's warehouse.
dictionary.com page link for tantivy
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Palladian
\puh-LEY-dee-uhn\ means a three-part window where the center window is arched and wider than the two straight topped side windows.
Palladian architecture usually refers to a European style of architecture created by a Venetian architect, Andrea Palladio.
Example: I have seen many windows of palladian style in movies but I never knew its architectural name until today! Gosh!
dictionary.com page link for palladian
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Zaftig
\ZAHF-tig\ means
...........full bodied; well-proportioned; voluptuous
................(of a woman) having a pleasantly plump and sexually attractive figure
Zaftig is a borrowing from Yiddish, zaftik, which literally means "juicy".
Example1:
The zaftig and the zealot share with each other an excessive overabundance, but of the opposite kind, for while the fullness of one attracts, the fullness of the other repels.
Example2:
If only the advantages of being zaftig are known to the anorexics they would not be so fanatic about their dieting.
dictionary.com page link for zaftig
...........full bodied; well-proportioned; voluptuous
................(of a woman) having a pleasantly plump and sexually attractive figure
Zaftig is a borrowing from Yiddish, zaftik, which literally means "juicy".
Example1:
The zaftig and the zealot share with each other an excessive overabundance, but of the opposite kind, for while the fullness of one attracts, the fullness of the other repels.
Example2:
If only the advantages of being zaftig are known to the anorexics they would not be so fanatic about their dieting.
dictionary.com page link for zaftig
Morganatic
is read as \mawr-ga-NAT-ik\ and means a marriage between one of royal or noble birth (mostly man) and one of lower rank (usually woman) in which the lower ranker or their children (if any) has no claim to all the possessions of the higher ranker.
Morganatic marriages are not common anymore these days though in some marriages between the rich and the poor, there is what we call pre-nuptial agreement. Senator Francis Pangilinan and Mega Star Sharon Cuneta (both from affluent families) signed a pre-nuptial agreement before they got married.
dictionary.com page link for morganatic
Morganatic marriages are not common anymore these days though in some marriages between the rich and the poor, there is what we call pre-nuptial agreement. Senator Francis Pangilinan and Mega Star Sharon Cuneta (both from affluent families) signed a pre-nuptial agreement before they got married.
dictionary.com page link for morganatic
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Inebriate
\in-EE-bree-eyt\ means always drunk
..........exhilarate: fill with sublime emotion
...............souse: become drunk or drink excessively
...................intoxicate: make drunk with alcoholic drinks
.......................drunkard: a chronic drinker
Example1. I feel inebriated at the idea of going abroad and studying there.
Example2. There are really some people, mostly men, who like to inebriate themselves on every occasion they find themselves in.
We had a neighbor before who used to get drunk and was fond of shouting on the road while heading home. There were times too when he used to throw stones at neighbors' houses whenever he felt like doing so. That was very bad of him.
dictionary.com page link for inebriate
..........exhilarate: fill with sublime emotion
...............souse: become drunk or drink excessively
...................intoxicate: make drunk with alcoholic drinks
.......................drunkard: a chronic drinker
Example1. I feel inebriated at the idea of going abroad and studying there.
Example2. There are really some people, mostly men, who like to inebriate themselves on every occasion they find themselves in.
We had a neighbor before who used to get drunk and was fond of shouting on the road while heading home. There were times too when he used to throw stones at neighbors' houses whenever he felt like doing so. That was very bad of him.
dictionary.com page link for inebriate
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