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saber
noun
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
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Saber 鈥渁 heavy, one-edged sword鈥� is a borrowing of French sabre, earlier sable, from German Sabel (modern 厂盲产别濒). Prior to German, the term either passed through a Slavic intermediary such as Polish szabla or came directly from Hungarian szablya. Note that the sz consonant pair is pronounced as 鈥渟h鈥� in Polish but simply as 鈥渟鈥� in Hungarian, and the Hungarian letter pair ly is pronounced as simply 鈥測鈥� as in “yes.” Though the ultimate source of szablya is uncertain, the prevailing theory is an origin in a Tungusic language; compare sele 鈥渋ron鈥� and seleme 鈥渄agger鈥� in Manchu, an endangered language in Manchuria. The languages of the Tungusic family are predominantly spoken in Siberia, with a few members spoken in northern China. Although efforts have been made to connect the Tungusic languages to the Mongolic and Turkic families (as we learned from the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day yurt), and even to Japanese and Korean, any relationship among these families is inconclusive. Saber was first recorded in English in the 1670s.
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Knocking off the top of a Champagne bottle with a saber鈥攌nown as sabrage鈥攊s an old rite in Europe, and a novel addition to American celebrations. But there’s an art to doing it right …. “Apparently, this started in the time of Napoleon when there were wars all through the Champagne region. And the soldiers would come and grab a bottle of Champagne while they were on horseback; they would just take their saber and knock the top and drink it down,” [Becky Sue Epstein, author of Champagne: A Global History] says.
The other boys showed off their lead toy soldiers, their bicycles. We showed my father鈥檚 saber, which we took down secretly in the dark sitting room among the furniture covered in dust sheets. Compared to his saber, the security guard鈥檚 machete was a mere penknife. This (my unfeeling hand slides over the surface, divested of weight and consistency) was our town鈥檚 most precious emblem.
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肠辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅
noun
an official bulletin or communication, usually to the press or public.
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颁辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅 鈥渁n official bulletin or communication鈥� is a borrowing from French, in which it means 鈥渃ommunicated鈥� and is the past participle of the verb communiquer 鈥渢o communicate.鈥� Communiquer comes from Latin 肠辞尘尘奴苍颈肠腻谤别 鈥渢o impart, make common,鈥� based on the adjective 肠辞尘尘奴苍颈蝉 鈥渃ommon,鈥� which itself is likely related to 尘奴苍耻蝉 (stem 尘奴苍别谤-) 鈥済ift, duty鈥� and 颈尘尘奴苍颈蝉 鈥渆xempt from taxes鈥� (compare English remunerate and immunity). The French suffixes -茅 and -i are used to mark past participles and derive from Latin -腻迟耻蝉 and -墨迟耻蝉, which are preserved in English as -ate and -ite, in Portuguese and Spanish as -ado and -ido, and in Italian as -ato and -ito or -uto. 颁辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅 was first recorded in English in the early 1850s.
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Nearly all the messages that humans have broadcast into space so far start by establishing common ground with a basic lesson in science and mathematics …. A far messier question is how to encode these concepts into the 肠辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅. Human languages are out of the question for obvious reasons, but so are our numeral systems. Though the concept of numbers is nearly universal, the way we depict them as numerals is entirely arbitrary.
The United States and China have given a bit of a lift to the United Nations COP26 gathering in Glasgow. The world鈥檚 two largest polluters issued a surprise joint statement on Wednesday 鈥�. On the face of it, the U.S.-China 肠辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅 does almost nothing to change the trajectory .鈥� Politically, however, their statement is more powerful. For starters, simply having the two countries unite on a message is a victory of sorts.
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Saturnian
adjective
prosperous, happy, or peaceful.
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Saturnian 鈥減rosperous, happy, or peaceful鈥� derives from the Latin adjective 厂腻迟耻谤苍颈耻蝉 鈥渙f Saturn.鈥� The mythological figure Saturn, known to the Romans as 厂腻迟耻谤苍耻蝉 and considered an equivalent of the Ancient Greek figure Kronos (Latinized as Cronus), was a Titan and a god of agriculture. The positive aspects of Saturn鈥檚 reign, referred to as the 鈥済olden age,鈥� are what give Saturnian its meaning. Though Saturnian shares an origin with saturnine, they are almost antonyms; saturnine means 鈥渟luggish, gloomy, taciturn鈥� and derives its meaning from astrology, in which the influence of the planet Saturn is associated with negative personality traits (in contrast to the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day jovial). The name 厂腻迟耻谤苍耻蝉 is likely of Etruscan origin鈥攃ompare the name of the Etruscan god Satre鈥攂ut has long attracted (false) folk etymology hypotheses, such as derivations from Latin satus 鈥渟own鈥� or satis 鈥渆苍辞耻驳丑.鈥� Saturnian was first recorded in English in the 1550s.
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Days came and went; and now returned again / To Sicily the old Saturnian reign; / Under the Angel’s governance benign / The happy island danced with corn and wine, / And deep within the mountain’s burning breast / Enceladus, the giant, was at rest.
How seemed this globe of ours when thou didst scan it? / When, in its lusty youth, there sprang to birth / All that has life, unnurtured, and the planet / Was Paradise, the true Saturnian Earth! / Far toward the poles was stretched the happy garden; / Earth kept it fair by warmth from her own breast; / Toil had not come to dwarf her sons and harden; / No crime (there was no want) perturbed their rest.
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