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magisterial
adjective
authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence; of, relating to, or befitting a master: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
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Magisterial comes directly from Late Latin 尘补驳颈蝉迟别谤颈腻濒颈蝉 鈥減ertaining to a teacher or magistrate,鈥� a development of Latin 尘补驳颈蝉迟谤腻濒颈蝉, a derivative of Latin magister 鈥渕agistrate, master, teacher.鈥� Magister is formed from the adverb magis 鈥渕ore鈥� and the Proto-Indo-European suffix -ter, used to form natural or opposing pairs, e.g., dexter 鈥渞ight-hand鈥� and sinister 鈥渓别蹿迟-丑补苍诲,鈥� noster 鈥渙ur鈥� and vester 鈥測our,鈥� and magister 鈥渕aster,鈥� literally 鈥渢he bigger guy,鈥� and minister 鈥渟ervant, assistant,鈥� literally 鈥渢he smaller guy鈥� (from the adverb minus 鈥渓别蝉蝉鈥�). Magisterial entered English in the 17th century.
how is magisterial used?
This is an impressive, magisterial book whose steady, earnest gaze also encompasses the lives of pickpockets and poets.
They heard a magisterial speech from A. Lawrence Lowell: “As wave after wave rolls landward from the ocean, breaks and fades away sighing down the shingle of the beach, so the generations of men follow one another, sometimes quietly, sometimes, after a storm, with noisy turbulence.”
garbology
noun
the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
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Garbology is proof of the complete naturalization in English of the originally Greek combining form -辞濒辞驳铆补 鈥渟tudy of, science of.鈥� The 鈥渃orrect鈥� Greek word for the hybrid garbology is鈥攐r would be鈥�tracheliology, from Greek 迟谤补肠丑岣条颈补 鈥渟craps of meat and gristle from the neck thrown away with offal,鈥� or more simply 鈥渟craps, offal,鈥� and -辞濒辞驳铆补. The meaning of 迟谤补肠丑岣条颈补 coincides very neatly with the meaning of garbage, originally 鈥渄iscarded bits of butchered fowl.鈥� Garbology entered English in the 20th century.
how is garbology used?
The thing about garbology at that level, Smith says, is that it lets anyone–kids, teachers, parents–understand their own footprint, as well as their friends’. And once that’s understood, it’s possible to do something about it.
Had the Puente Hills landfill called it back in 2007, when the U.S. was on the verge of the Great Recession, perhaps we’d all be singing the praises of garbology as economic indicator.
coeval
adjective
of the same age, date, or duration; equally old: Analysis has proved that this manuscript is coeval with that one.
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The English adjective coeval comes from the Late Latin coaevus 鈥渙f the same age.鈥� The common Latin prefix co- is a variant of the prefix con-, from the preposition cum 鈥渨ith.鈥� The noun aevum 鈥渁ge, the past, history鈥� comes from the Proto-Indo-European root aiw-, ayu- 鈥渓ife force, long life, vitality,鈥� from which Gothic derives awis 鈥渢ime, eternity,鈥� German ewig 鈥渆ternal, everlasting,鈥� Old English 腻 鈥渆ver, always,鈥� and Old Norse ei 鈥渆ver,鈥� the source of English ay (also aye). Coeval entered English in the 17th century.
how is coeval used?
An old woman, who seemed coeval with the building … received us at the gate …
… the Serpent mentioned that very jest, and called it the First Chestnut, and said it was coeval with the creation.