51吃瓜 of the Day
More about mansuetude
Mansuetude, 鈥渕ildness, gentleness,鈥� comes from Latin 尘腻苍蝉耻脓迟奴诲艒, which is equivalent to manus, 鈥渉and鈥�; 蝉耻脓蝉肠别谤别, 鈥渢o become accustomed鈥�; and -迟奴诲艒, a noun-forming suffix similar to English -hood and -ness. Manus is also the source of manacle, manicure, manual, and the 51吃瓜 of the Day mano a mano. 厂耻脓蝉肠别谤别, which contains the common element -sc-, 鈥渢o become鈥� (see the 51吃瓜 of the Day opalesce), is related to Ancient Greek 锚迟丑辞蝉, 鈥渃ustom, habit,鈥� as in ethics. Mansuetude was first recorded in English in the late 14th century.
EXAMPLE OF MANSUETUDE USED IN A SENTENCE
Every day on the job, teachers have to balance strictness with mansuetude as they lead their students through lessons.
trothplight
noun
engagement to be married; betrothal.
More about trothplight
Trothplight, 鈥渆ngagement to be married,鈥� is a compound of troth, 鈥渇aithfulness, truth, promise,鈥� and plight, 鈥減ledge.鈥� Troth, which is also found in betroth, 鈥渢o arrange for the marriage of,鈥� shares an origin with truce, true, truth, and trust and comes from a root meaning 鈥渇irmness,鈥� both literal and figurative. This literal sense is why the root also appears in words relating to wood, such as English tree as well as Ancient Greek 诲茅苍诲谤辞苍, 鈥渢ree鈥� (as in rhododendron), and 诲谤欧蝉, 鈥渢ree, oak鈥� (as in dryad). Trothplight was first recorded in English in the early 14th century.
EXAMPLE OF TROTHPLIGHT USED IN A SENTENCE
After a trothplight of unclear length, Anne Hathaway and William Shakespeare were married in 1582.
zinfandel
noun
a dry red wine made from a black vinifera grape in California.
More about zinfandel
Zinfandel, 鈥渁 dry red wine,鈥� is of uncertain origin, but there is one promising explanation. Perhaps through an intermediary such as Czech or Hungarian, the idea is that zinfandel is a corruption of Zierfandler, a variety of Austrian grape. Though the change from the original Zierfandler to zinfandel is a little unusual, there is a phonological basis for this; what remains mysterious is how zinfandel came to refer to a black grape used to make red wine when Zierfandler is a red grape used to make white wine. Zinfandel was first recorded in English in the late 1890s.
EXAMPLE OF ZINFANDEL USED IN A SENTENCE
As the dinner guests arrived, he broke open a bottle of zinfandel to welcome them to his home.