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inveigle
verb (used with object)
to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements.
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Inveigle 鈥渢o entice or lure鈥� derives by way of Anglo-French from Old French avogle 鈥渂lind鈥� (compare modern French aveugle). Avogle, in turn, comes from a Vulgar Latin term reconstructed as aboculus 鈥渆yeless,鈥� from the phrase ab ocul墨s 鈥渨ithout eyes.鈥� This phrase is considered to be a calque based on a phrase meaning 鈥渨ithout eyes鈥� in another language, such as Gaulish or Ancient Greek. A calque, also known as a loan translation, is a word or phrase that is literally translated when borrowed from one language into another. One famous literary calque appears in the series The Lord of the Rings; author J. R. R. Tolkien created the name Bag End as a calque of the French term cul-de-sac, which means 鈥渂ottom of the bag.鈥� Inveigle was first recorded in English circa 1480.
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On a larger scale, the supermarket is designed to inveigle customers into spending as much time as possible within its doors. Dairy departments are almost invariably located as far from the entrance as possible, ensuring that customers鈥攎ost of whom will have at least one dairy item on their lists鈥攚ill have to walk the length of the store, passing a wealth of tempting products, en route to the milk, eggs, cheese, and yogurt. Especially popular items are routinely located in the middle of aisles, so that even the most single-minded buyer has a chance to be distracted by alternatives.
The good news about the new film from Yorgos Lanthimos, 鈥淭he Favourite,鈥� is that you are likely to emerge from it in good humor鈥攂emused, or amused, or a mixture of the two …. One of the oddest things about this film is how many of the oddities, especially the more lubricious ones, are true. There really was an Abigail; she really did inveigle herself into the Queen鈥檚 esteem; and the Duchess of Marlborough really was incensed.
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palingenesis
noun
rebirth; regeneration.
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Palingenesis 鈥渞ebirth鈥� derives from Ancient Greek 辫谩濒颈苍 鈥渁gain鈥� and 驳茅苍别蝉颈蝉 鈥渙rigin, source.鈥� 笔谩濒颈苍 appears in several other English words that pertain to doubling or redoing, such as palimpsest 鈥渁 parchment from which writing has been erased to make room for another text鈥� and palindrome 鈥渁 word or phrase reading the same backward as forward.鈥� Common palindromes include the words kayak, level, racecar, and rotator as well as phrases such as 鈥淢adam, I鈥檓 Adam.鈥� 骋茅苍别蝉颈蝉, the source of English genesis, has three important cognates that have also found their way into English. The first is Latin 驳脓苍蝉 (stem gent-) 鈥渞ace, people,鈥� which gives rise to English gentle and gentry. The second is Sanskrit 箩腻迟颈 鈥渂irth; class,鈥� which was borrowed into English as jati, another term in Hinduism for 鈥渃aste.鈥� The third is Old English gecynd 鈥渘ature, race, origin,鈥� which exists today as kind 鈥溾�嬧�媋 class or group of people.鈥� Palingenesis was first recorded in English circa 1620.
how is palingenesis used?
For my own part, I am delighted to hear the birds again. Spring always reminds me of the Palingenesis, or re-creation, of the old alchemists, who believed that form is indestructible and that out of the ashes of a rose the rose itself could be reconstructed,鈥攊f they could only discover the great secret of Nature. It is done every spring beneath our windows and before our eyes; and is always so wonderful and so beautiful!
Nothing but a disagreeable impression was left, and Jane perceived no reason in the nature of things why this peculiar and terrible vision had been re-created and re-enacted for her eye and brain alone鈥攚hy a palingenesis from this decay and ruin had flung off the mantle of years and restored it at the most terrific moment of its past.
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contumacious
adjective
stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
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Contumacious 鈥渟tubbornly perverse or rebellious鈥� is derived from the noun contumacy 鈥渙bstinate resistance to authority,鈥� ultimately from the Latin adjective 肠辞苍迟耻尘腻虫 鈥渦nyielding, stubborn.鈥� The -tum- element in 肠辞苍迟耻尘腻虫 is of uncertain origin, but there are two hypotheses. The definition-based theory connects -tum- to the verb temnere 鈥渢o despise,鈥� which is also the source of the stem tempt-, as in contempt, while the spelling-based theory connects -tum- to the verb 迟耻尘脓谤别 鈥渢o swell,鈥� the source of tumescent and tumor. Contumacious was first recorded in English in the 1590s.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured; and Domitian was constitutionally inclined to anger, which was the more difficult to be averted, in proportion as it was the more disguised. Yet he was softened by the temper and prudence of Agricola; who did not think it necessary, by a contumacious spirit, or a vain ostentation of liberty, to challenge fame or urge his fate.
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