51吃瓜 of the Day
More about orgulous
The English adjective orgulous has about as many spelling variants in Middle English (orgeilus, orgeyllous, orguillous, etc.) as its Old French source (orguillus, orguilleus, orgueilleux, etc.). The base of the French word is a Germanic (Frankish) noun, cognate with Old English orgol, orgel 鈥減ride,鈥� and akin to the Old High German adjective urguol 鈥渙utstanding.鈥� Shakespeare uses orgillous once, in Troilus and Cressida, but the adjective was obsolete by the mid-17th century, only to be resuscitated by Sir Walter Scott and Robert Southey in the first half of the 19th century.
how is orgulous used?
The princes orgulous, their high blood chafed / Have to the port of Athens sent their ships …
Ah, he is an orgulous man!
jubilate
verb (used without object)
to celebrate a joyful occasion.
More about jubilate
The verb jubilate sounds as if it must have a Hebrew origin from its being the first word of Psalms 65 and 100 in the Vulgate: 闯奴产颈濒腻迟别 鈥淪hout for joy.鈥� But the Latin verb 箩奴产颈濒腻谤别 is a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root 测奴-, yu– 鈥渢o shout in exultation,鈥� from which Greek derives 颈媒锄别颈苍 鈥渢o shout aloud鈥� (with several derivatives), and Middle High German derives 箩奴 and 箩奴ch, expressions of joy. Jubilate entered English in the early 17th century.
how is jubilate used?
… spectators mill around, dance, and jubilate in Imelda鈥檚 rise to power, while feeling uneasy about how much fun they鈥檙e having.
Then there were their children, the sabras, blond, husky women, and men: earnest people for all that they could dance and jubilate.
prismatic
adjective
spectral in color; brilliant: prismatic colors.
More about prismatic
Prismatic ultimately comes from the Greek noun 辫谤卯蝉尘补 (inflectional stem 辫谤铆蝉尘补迟-) 鈥渟omething sawed, sawdust, (in geometry) trilateral column, prism.鈥� 笔谤卯蝉尘补 is a derivative of 辫谤铆别颈苍 鈥渢o saw, trephine (skulls), grind or gnash (teeth), cut off (syllables).”聽Prismatic entered English in the 17th century.
how is prismatic used?
He noted the prismatic colors in all the dewdrops upon a million blades of grass.
We get beautiful effects from wit,鈥攁ll the prismatic colors,鈥攂ut never the object as it is in fair daylight.