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haroseth

[ khah-raw-set ] [ xr st ] Show IPA Phonetic Respelling

noun

a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.

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Haroseth is borrowed from a Hebrew word that is either related to or derived from 廎仟娶莽蘋喧堯 or 廎占娶梗莽, pottery clay. The Hebrew khuh sound, represented by the letter heth at the beginning of haroseth, may appear in English as h, , , ch, or kh. Haroseth was first recorded in English in the mid-1880s.

EXAMPLE OF HAROSETH USED IN A SENTENCE

The red wine and cinnamon gave the haroseth a sharp, distinctive taste.

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appassionato

[ uh-pah-see-uh-nah-toh ] [ p si n to, p疆 - ] Show IPA Phonetic Respelling

adjective

impassioned; with passion or strong feeling.

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Appassionato is based on the Italian verb appassionare, to impassion, excite, thrill. The ultimate source of appassionare is Latin 梯硃喧蘋, to suffer, which has two stems in English: pass-, as in passion, and pat-, as in patient. Appassionato was first recorded in English in the 1830s.

EXAMPLE OF APPASSIONATO USED IN A SENTENCE

The films score turned bombastic and appassionato as the two villains battled for victory.

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ignimbrite

[ ig-nim-brahyt ] [ 阞g n阞mbra阞t ] Show IPA Phonetic Respelling

noun

a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting mainly of welded shards of feldspar and quartz.

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Ignimbrite is a compound of two Latin words: ignis, meaning fire, and imber, meaning rain, shower. Ignis is the source of igneous, ignition, and the 51勛圖 of the Day ignescent, all of which involve fire and heat. Geologist Patrick Marshall coined ignimbrite in 1932.

EXAMPLE OF IGNIMBRITE USED IN A SENTENCE

The geologists chiseled out a block of ignimbrite to study an ancient volcanic eruption.

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