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carouse
verb (used without object)
to engage in a drunken revel.
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Carouse 鈥渢o engage in a drunken revel鈥� is a variant of garouse, which derives from German gar aus(trinken) 鈥�(to drink) fully out,鈥� that is, to drain the cup. German gar 鈥渄one, cooked; even, very鈥� is a cognate of archaic English yare 鈥渜uick, lively, ready,鈥� while austrinken is a compound of aus 鈥渙ut鈥� and trinken 鈥渢o drink.鈥� In this way, gar austrinken is to go 鈥渁ll out鈥� while drinking. Despite the similar spelling, carouse and the related noun carousal 鈥渁 noisy or drunken feast鈥� are not related to carousel, a merry-go-round. While carouse is of German extraction, carousel derives by way of French from Italian, and there are multiple competing theories for its origin. Carouse was first recorded in English in the 1550s.
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For a hamlet named after the eternal banquet hall where the slain warriors of Norse mythology caroused, Valhalla is low on drama. Residents appreciate the forested hills, compact homes and soothing cul-de-sacs of this small Westchester community (population 3,400).
It鈥檚 festival season and that鈥檚 good news for many people. Be it Body & Soul here or Glastonbury across the water, thousands of people will spend the weekend showing their standard of festival fitness in the open air. They will carouse, dance, shout, drink, scream, fall over and generally act the maggot in various charming and not so charming ways.
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harlequin
adjective
fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc.
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The story of harlequin 鈥渇ancifully varied in color and decoration鈥� is chock full of semantic twists and turns鈥攃reating a devilishly good time the further back in time we peer. Harlequin is borrowed by way of Middle French from Italian arlecchino, and before that, the term originated in Old French variously as halequin, hellequin, and herlekin, the name of or a term for a malevolent spirit. Despite the resemblance to English hell, these Old French words may in fact derive from an Old English name, Herla cyning 鈥淜ing Herle.鈥� Herle may have been a legendary or mythological figure similar to Woden (the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Odin), or the term Herla cyning could be related to the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day erlking 鈥渆lf king,鈥� though there are issues with the phonology in the latter hypothesis. An alternative origin of Herla is a Germanic root meaning 鈥渁rmy鈥� that is also found in the names Harold, Herbert, Herman, Walter, Warner, and even Oliver. Harlequin was first recorded in English in the 1580s.
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Under a kaleidoscope of lights and surrounded by mirrors, Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele sent out models in headgear made up of partially and fully covering face masks, sometimes with spikes, extended ear cuffs, at times almost elf-like as well as intricately carved bronze pieces …. Colorful harlequin prints decorated several outfits, some tops were shiny and pleated, reminiscent of 1970s disco fashion, and bows were at times tied around the ankles on trouser suits, which came in large shapes, with waistcoats or ties for women.
Well, I’ll be, Grandfather said of the television … Grandfather’s hand itched to turn it on. Please, Obdulio said. Please, be my guest. The colors amazed Grandfather. Dazzling harlequin colors. The brown of the horse was deeper than the real color of a horse Grandfather had seen growing up in the mining town of Metcalf, Arizona. Blue. Now, that was a true blue. He had seen that blue, that exactness, on the Gulf of Mexico as a youth on a fishing trip…
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ineluctable
adjective
incapable of being evaded; inescapable.
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Ineluctable 鈥渋ncapable of being evaded鈥� derives from Latin 颈苍脓濒耻肠迟腻产颈濒颈蝉, equivalent to the prefix in- 鈥渘ot鈥� and the verb 脓濒耻肠迟腻谤墨 鈥渢o force a way out or over, surmount.鈥� The latter is a compound of 脓-, the prefix version of ex 鈥渙ut of, from,鈥� and the verb 濒耻肠迟腻谤墨 鈥渢o struggle, wrestle.鈥� Another English derivative of 濒耻肠迟腻谤墨 is the noun reluctance, which literally means 鈥渢he state of struggling against,鈥� and if you鈥檙e a fan of wrestling, you may have already connected Spanish lucha鈥攁s in the phrase lucha libre (literally 鈥渇ree wrestling鈥�)鈥攖o 濒耻肠迟腻谤墨. The evolution of Latin 濒耻肠迟腻谤墨 to Spanish lucha demonstrates a common sound correspondence, namely, that Latin -ct- often (though not always) becomes -ch- in Spanish. Also compare Latin nox (stem noct-) with Spanish noche 鈥渘ight,鈥� Latin 辞肠迟玫 with Spanish ocho 鈥渆ight,鈥� and Latin 鈥嬧赌媝谤艒蹿别肠迟耻蝉 with Spanish provecho 鈥减谤辞蹿颈迟.鈥� Ineluctable was first recorded in English circa 1620.
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As a scientist 鈥� I operate under the hypothesis that all our thoughts, memories, percepts and experiences are an ineluctable consequence of the natural causal powers of our brain rather than of any supernatural ones. That premise has served science and its handmaiden, technology, extremely well over the past few centuries. Unless there is extraordinary, compelling, objective evidence to the contrary, I see no reason to abandon this assumption.
Superhero flicks are unavoidably formulaic. The heroes are difficult to kill not because of their superpowers, but because they serve a higher power, an industrial blockbuster economy. The superstars each get their screen time, in a loose correlation to their importance to fans. Their defeats are ephemeral, even when they die (or appear to). They are part of the ineluctable journey to a climactic battle, which in turn points the way towards more films.
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