51吃瓜 of the Day
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Those who are addicted to the late, great, dearly missed Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series of novels (41 of them!), particularly The Wee Free Men (2003) and its sequels, will be familiar with the Wee Free Men鈥檚 constant use of scunner, a term hard to define past 鈥渄islike, aversion, or a source of dislike or aversion鈥� (as indefinable as Huck Finn鈥檚 fantods). The Wee Free Men are not talking gibberish or nonsense; they are speaking Scots. The verb scunner (also scurnen, skurne) 鈥渢o shrink back in disgust or fear, quail, hesitate鈥� is first recorded about 1425. Its further history is unknown, but some authorities think it is related to scornen 鈥渢o despise, be contemptuous, hold in disdain.鈥� Scunner entered English in the 14th century.
how is scunner used?
Many are in search of a copy of A Moveable Feast. This is not always on offer because, for some reason which I can鈥檛 remember, Whitman took a scunner to Hemingway.
Ever since my school days I’ve always taken a scunner to businessmen. They’ll do anything for money.
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Indigenous
adjective
relating to or being a people who are the original, earliest known inhabitants of a region, or are their descendants.
More about Indigenous
When used in reference to people (the sense we are highlighting today), Indigenous may be capitalized as a sign of respect. A quick glance at indigenous and endogenous shows close relationship in their formation and meaning. Both adjectives mean something like 鈥渋nternally produced, developing from within.鈥� The first element, Latin indi- and Greek endo-, comes from Proto-Indo-European endo, endon 鈥渋nside, indoors,鈥� perhaps originally 鈥渋n the house鈥� (Greek 茅苍诲辞苍, Hittite anda, andan 鈥渨ithin鈥�). In Latin, endo, later indu, is an archaic preposition equivalent to the preposition and adverb in, in– 鈥渋n, into, inside.鈥� The Latin adjectival suffix –genus 鈥渂orn of鈥� is a derivative of the verb gignere 鈥渢o beget, bring into being, create鈥� (indigena means 鈥渁 native inhabitant鈥�). Latin –genus is close kin to the Greek suffix –驳别苍岣梥 鈥渂orn,鈥� from the verb 驳铆驳苍别蝉迟丑补颈 鈥渢o become, be born鈥� (endo驳别苍岣梥 means 鈥渂orn in the house鈥�).
how is Indigenous used?
One shelf contained nonfiction, mostly medical reference books and biographies of great Indigenous people.
For Indigenous authors, writing themselves into sci-fi and fantasy narratives isn鈥檛 just about gaining visibility within popular genres. It is part of a broader effort to overcome centuries of cultural misrepresentation.
"'We鈥檝e Already Survived an Apocalypse鈥�: Indigenous Writers Are Changing Sci-Fi," New York Times, August 14, 2020
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roister
verb (used without object)
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
More about roister
The English verb roister, 鈥渢o act boisterously; to revel without restraint,鈥� started life as a noun meaning 鈥渘oisy bully鈥� (now roisterer), from Middle French rustre, ru(i)stre 鈥渞uffian, boor, lout,鈥� from the adjective ruste 鈥渞ude, rough,鈥� from the Latin adjective rusticus 鈥渞ural, rustic.鈥� Roister entered English in the 16th century.
how is roister used?
Haerlem, Schiedam and Olifant were the ships, and they tied up so that their sailors could roister ashore, and large fights broke out because sailors from the first two ships, which bore honorable names, began to tease those. from the Olifant, Dutch for elephant.
Their tails had become sticky with pine sap, then got knotted together as the squirrels roistered around.
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