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clement
adjective
mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate.
More about clement
Clement, 鈥渕ild in disposition, merciful,鈥� comes from Latin 肠濒脓尘脓苍蝉 (inflectional stem 肠濒脓尘别苍迟-) 鈥渕erciful, lenient, mild (of weather), calm (of water).” 颁濒脓尘脓苍蝉 has no reliable etymology; its most common derivative is the noun 肠濒脓尘别苍迟ia 鈥渃lemency, leniency.鈥� The phrase 鈥渃lemency of Caesar鈥� is not much used nowadays: It comes from Latin Cl膿mentia Caesaris, which first appears as part of an inscription on a Roman coin dating to 44 b.c., therefore shortly before Caesar鈥檚 assassination, and a nice bit of propaganda in his honor. Clement entered English in the late 15th century.
how is clement used?
I know you are more clement than vile men Who of their broken debtors take a third …
And the spirit of the times is happily growing more clement toward a greater fulness and variety of life.
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More about mardy
Mardy is a British dialect (the North and Midlands) adjective and noun meaning 鈥渟poiled, spoiled child; childish sulkiness.鈥� Mardy is most likely formed from the adjective marred 鈥渄amaged, spoiled,鈥� originally the past participle of mar, and the native adjective suffix –y. Mardy entered English in the second half of the 19th century.
how is mardy used?
There was a fleeting reference to the Doctor being in a “mardy mood” during the opening scene. Otherwise, no sign.
Pa would rise before daylight had kicked nighttime into touch. He’d return after dark, when he’d be mardy until he’d eaten.
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ambivert
noun
Psychology.
one whose personality type is intermediate between extrovert and introvert.
More about ambivert
Ambivert, literally 鈥渢urned both ways,鈥� is a term used in psychology, meaning 鈥渙ne whose personality type is between introvert and extrovert.鈥� Ambivert is based on Latin elements: the prefix ambi– 鈥渂oth, on both sides, around鈥� (as in English ambient 鈥渟urrounding, encompassing鈥� and ambiguous 鈥渙pen to several interpretations鈥�), and the suffix –vert, extracted from the verb vertere 鈥渢o turn鈥� (as in English convert 鈥渢o turn completely,鈥� and divert 鈥渢o turn aside, deflect鈥�). Ambivert, first recorded in 1927, is modeled on the somewhat earlier words introvert (1916) and extrovert (1918).
how is ambivert used?
Drew was more of an ambivert. He wasn’t as outgoing as his younger sister, but he wasn’t as reserved as his parents either.
A well-developed ambivert, he [Abraham Lincoln] could hold complexity and contradiction to stand firmly behind words America desperately needed ….
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