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More about moue
The noun moue, 鈥渁 pout, grimace,鈥� still feels very French in its spelling. Some of its Middle English spellings include moue, mouwe, mowhe 鈥済rimace, wry face, grin,鈥� all from Middle French mouwe, moe 鈥渓ip, pout,鈥� from Old French moe 鈥済rimace, pout.鈥� Old French moe is probably from unrecorded Frankish mauwa 鈥減out, protruding lip,鈥� or Middle Dutch mouwe 鈥減rotruding lip.鈥� Moue entered English in the mid-19th century.
how is moue used?
“What, your stitching wasn’t good enough?” The woman made a sympathetic moue.
Disapproval either goes unexpressed or is exaggerated, with a roll of the eye and a theatrical moue and a “She never takes any notice of me, anyway.”
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longevous
adjective
Archaic.
long-lived; living to a great age.
More about longevous
The adjective longevous is much less common than its derivative noun longevity. Longevous derives from the Latin adjective longaevus 鈥渙f great age, ancient,鈥� a compound of the adjective longus 鈥渓ong鈥� and the noun aevum 鈥渢ime, the past, the ages.鈥� Longevity comes from Late Latin 濒辞苍驳补别惫颈迟腻蝉 (stem 濒辞苍驳补别惫颈迟腻迟-) 鈥渓ong life, longevity,鈥� formed from longus and the noun 补别惫颈迟腻蝉 (also 补别迟腻蝉) 鈥渁ge, one鈥檚 age,鈥� a derivative of aevum. Longevous entered English in the mid-17th century (and longevity in the second half of the 16th century).
how is longevous used?
a vast majority of these extremely longevous folk were of a placid temperament, not given to worry.
It鈥檚 hard to remember a longevous rock band that left on such a high note as these women did in 2006.
longevous
schlep
verb (used with object)
to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
More about schlep
The slang term schlep 鈥渢o lug, carry鈥� is used mostly in the United States. Schlep is from the Yiddish verb shlepn 鈥渢o pull, drag鈥� (German schleppen 鈥渢o draw, tug, haul鈥�). The derivative noun schlepper, 鈥渙ne who schleps,鈥� appears slightly earlier than the verb. Schlepper entered English toward the end of the 19th century; schlep appeared in the early 20th.
how is schlep used?
She had drawn notice as the doctor who would help mechanics schlep gear, fetch coffee and even massage the overworked massage therapists.
After a bit of trial and error, you鈥檒l find car-free travel is a liberating choice that forces you to schlep considerably less.
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