51吃瓜 of the Day
zinger
noun
Informal.
a quick, witty, or pointed remark or retort.
More about zinger
Zinger, 鈥渁 quick, witty, pointed remark or answer,鈥� is a derivative of the verb and noun zing, 鈥�(to make) a sharp whizzing noise.鈥� It is, unsurprisingly, an American slang term that dates to about 1950.
how is zinger used?
He delivered聽his zingers with a sly twinkle in his eye, a deadpan expression, and a laugh so big he’d pull out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from his eyes.
Pope Francis often sprinkles his writings or public speeches with pungent zingers on issues like inequality and environmental destruction.
zinger
capacious
adjective
capable of holding much; spacious or roomy.
More about capacious
The English adjective capacious comes straight from Latin 肠补辫腻肠-, the stem of the adjective capax 鈥渁ble to take, take in, contain,鈥� a derivative of the verb capere 鈥渢o take, catch, seize.鈥� The Latin suffix –ax (stem –腻肠-) is not very common; it forms adjectives denoting ability or behavior from verbs and some nouns, such as mendax (stem mend腻肠-) 鈥渦ntruthful, lying鈥� (English mendacious), formed from the noun mendum 鈥渂lemish, fault, error.鈥� The English element –ious is a variant of the adjective suffix –ous, which comes via Middle English and Old French from the Latin adjective suffix –艒蝉耻蝉. Capacious entered English in the first half of the 16th century.
how is capacious used?
With its high ceiling and muted lighting, the capacious lobby of the Hotel Okura’s main building seemed like a huge, stylish cave.
this is a vision of a 21st-century city remade with public health in mind, achieving the neat trick of being both more populated and more capacious.
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ecoanxiety
noun
Psychiatry.
anxiety caused by a dread of environmental perils, especially climate change, and a feeling of helplessness over the potential consequences for those living now and even more so for those of later generations.
More about ecoanxiety
Ecoanxiety, 鈥渁nxiety caused by a dread of environmental perils, especially climate change,鈥� is a compound of the now common combining form eco– 鈥減ertaining to ecology or the environment鈥� and anxiety. The combining form eco– comes via Latin oeco-, eco– from Greek 辞卯办辞蝉 鈥渉ouse鈥� and 辞颈办铆补 鈥渉ouse, dwelling.鈥� An early occurrence in Greek of the combining form oik-, oiko– is in the noun 辞颈办辞苍辞尘铆补 鈥渕anagement of a household or family, thrift鈥� (source of English economy, which appears in English in the mid-15th century). Another early compound of oik-, oiko– occurs in (丑脓) 辞颈办辞耻尘茅苍脓 (驳锚) 鈥�(the) inhabited (earth),鈥� English ecumenic(al). The noun ecology is composed of Greek elements, but 辞颈办辞濒辞驳铆补 does not occur in Greek: English ecology comes from German Oecologie (1866; the word is now spelled 脰办辞濒辞驳颈别) 鈥渢he branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment,鈥� its meaning in English.
how is ecoanxiety used?
Long before eco-anxiety became a national ailment this year, a strong environmental ethic seemed to come naturally to people in Anne Arundel.
I know those feelings. Eco-anxiety. Doing something is about the only thing that helps, in my experience.
ecoanxiety