51吃瓜 of the Day
caducity
noun
frailty; transitoriness: the caducity of life.
More about caducity
Caducity is an uncommon noun meaning 鈥渇railty, weakness of old age.鈥� It comes from French c补诲耻肠颈迟茅 鈥渙bsolescence, cancellation,鈥� a derivation of the adjective caduc 鈥渙bsolete, deciduous,鈥� from the Latin adjective 肠补诲奴肠耻蝉 鈥渇allen, falling, liable to fall, frail, fleeting.鈥澛�Caducity entered English in the 17th century.
how is caducity used?
What remains, the point of the passion, is a fascination with caducity and the relationship of photography to it.
A man … to whom, and to whose colleagues, amid the perishable caducity of human affairs, is largely due the pullulation of literary taste ….
More about everywhen
Everywhen 鈥渁t all times, always鈥� usually appears in the phrase 鈥渆verywhere and everywhen.鈥� The word dates from the mid-17th century, but it has never really caught on.
how is everywhen used?
… the Doctor’s time and space machine gives him limitless opportunities to travel everywhere and everywhen鈥攁 freedom most of us would love to possess.
Time stood still (that moment was eternal) and it was placeless (ubiquitous, everywhere and everywhen).
ansa
noun
either of the apparent extremities of the rings of Saturn or of other planets, especially when viewed from a distance under certain conditions, when they look like two handles.
More about ansa
English ansa comes via French anse 鈥渉andle鈥� from Latin 腻苍蝉补 鈥渉andle (of a cup, a door), a loop, an opening, an opportunity.鈥� As a term in art history or archaeology, ansa means 鈥渁n incised, decorated handle of a vase.鈥� The astronomical sense 鈥渙ne of the apparent extremities of the rings of Saturn or other celestial bodies鈥� is a New Latin sense dating from the 17th century. Latin 腻苍蝉补聽is akin to Old Prussian ansis 鈥渉ook, kettle-hook鈥� and Lithuanian 膮蝉脿 鈥減ot handle.鈥�
how is ansa used?
A distinct dark patch, like a notch, visible near the middle of the ansa, broadest on the face of ring, and extending nearly from the inner to outer edge.
The moon Epimetheus can be seen near Saturn, just above the right ansa, or the portion of the ring that appears farthest away from the planet’s disk in the image.