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rebus
noun
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables: Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.
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A rebus is a representation of a word or phrase by pictures or symbols suggesting that word or phrase or its syllables. Rebuses were formerly very popular with children in the Sunday funnies. The origin of rebus is disputed, but the most likely source is Latin 谤脓产耻蝉 鈥渂y things,鈥� the ablative plural of the grievously overworked noun 谤脓蝉 鈥渢hing, matter, circumstance, affair, property, wealth, etc.” 搁脓产耻蝉 is short for n艒n verb墨s sed 谤脓产耻蝉 鈥渘ot by words but by things.鈥� Some French authorities claim that rebus comes from the Latin phrase d膿 谤脓产耻蝉 quae geruntur 鈥渃oncerning the affairs that are going on,鈥� alluding to the satirical pieces composed and performed by the clerks of Picardy (northwest France) in the annual carnival, but this usage is later than attestations of rebus in the sense 鈥減uzzle.鈥� Rebus entered English in the early 17th century.
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All I wanted to do was wish my fianc茅e happy birthday using emojis. But I couldn鈥檛 replicate the rebus of the classic Sandra Boynton : Hippo, Birdie, Two Ewes.
It [Seattle] created a new : a rebus that featured an eyeball, the 鈥淍鈥� symbol, and the letter 鈥淟鈥� (pronounced 鈥淪ee-at-L鈥�), above the slogan, 鈥淪eattle: soak it up!鈥�
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adamantine
adjective
utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
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Adamantine 鈥渦nyielding in attitude or opinion; too hard to cut, break, or pierce; like a diamond (in luster)鈥� comes from Middle English adama(u)ntin, from the Middle French adjective adamantin (feminine adamantine), from Latin adamantinus 鈥減ertaining to diamondlike adamant or steel; resembling diamonds (saxa adamantina), from Greek 补诲补尘谩苍迟颈苍辞蝉, an adjective derived from the noun 补诲谩尘补蝉 (stem adamant-) 鈥渟teel (the hardest metal); diamond.鈥� The traditional etymology for 补诲谩尘补蝉 is the corresponding adjective meaning 鈥渦nbreakable,鈥� somehow a derivative of 诲补尘芒苍 鈥渢o tame, subdue,鈥� with the privative prefix a-; more likely 补诲谩尘补蝉 is a loanword from Semitic. Adamantine entered English in the first half of the 13th century.
how is adamantine used?
Her dedication to the pursuit of equality for the masses was adamantine, however.
And the moment of commitment came with the special force that was central to his character: an adamantine, unshakable conviction that what he was doing was unequivocally right …
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sojourn
noun
a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
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The noun sojourn means “a temporary stay.” The verb sojourn, 鈥渢o stay for a time, reside temporarily,鈥� has several dozen Middle English spellings: sojournen, sojourni, suggorn, suggeourn, etc. The Middle English forms derive from equally exuberant Old French forms, for example, sejorner, sojorner, sojourneir, sojurner, and Anglo-French forms, for example, sojurner, sujurner. The French forms derive from an unrecorded Vulgar Latin verb 蝉耻产诲颈耻谤苍腻谤别 鈥渢o stay for a time,鈥� a compound of the preposition and prefix sub, sub-, here meaning 鈥渁 little, for a while鈥� and the Latin verb 诲颈耻谤苍腻谤别 鈥渢o live for a long time,鈥� a derivative of the Latin adjective diurnus 鈥渂elonging to the daytime, occurring every day.鈥� Sojourn entered English in the 13th century.
how is sojourn used?
Nevertheless, in this mansion of gloom I now proposed to myself a sojourn of some weeks.
He begins to conjecture how much he has gained and lost during his long sojourn in the American republic.
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