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suborn
verb
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
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The Latin verb 蝉耻产辞谤苍腻谤别, the ultimate source of English suborn, is composed of the prefix sub- 鈥渦nder, subordinate, near to, partially, secretly鈥� and the verb 辞谤苍腻谤别 鈥渢o prepare, equip, arrange.鈥� 翱谤苍腻谤别 is from an assumed 辞谤诲苍腻谤别, a derivative of the noun 辞谤诲艒 (stem ordin-) 鈥渓ine, row, rank, grade.鈥� Sub辞谤苍腻谤别 has several meanings: when the sense of the verb 辞谤苍腻谤别 predominates, the compound means 鈥渢o supply, furnish; to dress up (in costume or disguise); when the sense of the prefix sub-, meaning 鈥渟ecretly, covertly,鈥� predominates, the compound means 鈥渢o instigate secretly or underhandedly, prepare clandestinely.鈥� An extension of this last sense, 鈥渢o induce someone to commit a crime or perjury,鈥� from suborner in Old and Middle French, is its current sense in English. Suborn entered English in the 16th century.
how is suborn used?
… he had been concerned 鈥渂ecause of known Russian efforts to suborn such individuals.鈥�
… I had been brought in as a spy, to help in betraying him, and Joyce had suborned him to the act of treachery.
infomania
noun
Digital Technology. a. an obsessive need to constantly check emails, social media websites, online news, etc.: The fear of being out of the loop, not in the know, fuels infomania, especially among teens. b. the effects of this obsession, especially a decline in the ability to concentrate: She attributes her increasingly poor 鈥渓ife management skills鈥� to infomania.
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Infomania is a modern combination of information and mania. It entered English in the 1970s.
how is infomania used?
The Bagus Gran Cyber Caf茅s are Tokyo’s grand temples of infomania. … At first glance the spread looks officelike, but be warned: these places are drug dens for Internet addicts.
Since then, he has led the charge at Intel to deal with “infomania,” which he describes as a debilitating state of mental overload–caused by backlogs of e-mail, plus interruptions such as e-mail notifications, cell phones and instant messages.
ocellated
adjective
having eyelike spots or markings.
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The English adjective ocellated is a derivative of the Latin noun ocellus 鈥�(little) eye,鈥� a diminutive of oculus 鈥渆ye.鈥� Ocellus is used especially in affectionate language, equivalent to 鈥渁pple of my eye鈥� or 鈥渄arling.鈥� As a horticultural term, ocellus means 鈥渋ncision made in the bark for inserting a bud or scion.鈥� The only modern sense of ocellus does not occur in Latin; it is a zoological term meaning 鈥渟imple eye or light-sensitive organ; a colored spot on birds鈥� feathers or butterflies鈥� and dates from the 18th century.
how is ocellated used?
… M茅line’s nose and eyes are such that you would swear you were looking at an ocellated butterfly, perching on a rosebud.
Fantasia was quick to push close the door behind them, although when doing so momentarily trapped the end of the cockbird’s ocellated or ‘eyed’ tail-feathers which, as a consequence, gave the signal for pandemonium to break loose.