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calescent
adjective
growing warm; increasing in heat.
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The English adjective calescent comes directly from Latin calescent-, the inflectional stem of 肠补濒别蝉肠脓苍蝉, the present participle of the verb calescere 鈥渢o become warm or hot,鈥� a verb derivative of 肠补濒脓谤别 鈥渢o be warm or hot.鈥� In Latin the element -sc- in the present tense has inceptive force (i.e., 鈥淚 am beginning to x鈥�); thus the present tense of noscere (also gnoscere) means 鈥淚 get to know, I find out鈥� and is the source of English recognize, cognition, and other words. Calescent entered English in the early 19th century.
how is calescent used?
I’ve tested the misting fan鈥檚 potency in several clammy places, from subway stations to the congested, calescent queues at Disney World (where, on a stinking-hot day, I鈥檇 unwisely worn a boiler suit).
Otis’ earlier statements had been calm, but calescent anger foamed in him and was soon to explode.
normcore
noun
a fashion style or way of dressing characterized by ordinary, plain clothing with no designer names, often a reaction against trendy fashion.
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Normcore has the unpleasant feel of a neologism such as doublethink in George Orwell鈥檚 novel 1984. Normcore may be formed from norm (鈥渁 standard, the average level鈥�) or normal (鈥渃onforming to a standard鈥�); core may simply be from core (鈥渆ssential part鈥�) or be a shortening of hard-core (鈥涡苍肠辞尘辫谤辞尘颈蝉颈苍驳鈥�). Normcore entered English in 2014.
how is normcore used?
At first, I spotted just occasional forays into normcore: the rare cool kid wearing clothes as lukewarm as the last sips of deli coffee鈥攎ock turtlenecks with Tevas and Patagonia windbreakers; Uniqlo khakis with New Balance sneakers or Crocs and souvenir-stand baseball caps.
Never mind that she鈥檚 royalty, Kate is in the vanguard of something that鈥檚 a bit like normcore (deliberately dressing in an untrendy way), only bigger and broader, which henceforth shall be known as Katenorm.
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The pronunciation of English chevelure, accented on the final syllable, reveals the still unnaturalized status of the word after nearly six centuries. Chevelure looks like–and is–a French word meaning 鈥渉ead of hair, wig.鈥� In Old French the word was spelled 肠丑别惫别濒别眉谤别, from Latin 肠补辫颈濒濒腻迟奴谤补 鈥渉airlike flaw in a gem or gemstone,鈥� a derivative of the adjective 肠补辫颈濒濒腻迟耻蝉 鈥渓onghaired,鈥� itself a derivative of capillus 鈥渢he hair on the head鈥� (and like English hair a collective noun). Chevelure entered English in the 15th century.
how is chevelure used?
The arrangement of this chevelure is performed for the chiefs by professional barbers, and is a work of great labour. Six hours are sometimes occupied in dressing a head; and the process is repeated at intervals of two or three weeks.
… time has stolen away his raven locks, and given him a chevelure of snow instead.