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antemeridian
adjective
occurring before noon.
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The Latin adverbial phrase ante mer墨diem means 鈥渂efore midday, before noon.鈥� The noun 尘别谤墨诲颈脓蝉 is a dissimilation of 尘别诲墨诲颈脓蝉 鈥渕iddle of the day, midday, south,鈥� formed from the adjective medius 鈥渕iddle, middle of鈥� and the noun di膿s 鈥渄ay.鈥� The Roman polymath Varro (c116-c27 b.c.) wrote that he saw the archaic or dialectal form 尘别诲墨诲颈脓蝉 on a sundial in Praeneste (modern Palestrina), a town east southeast of Rome. Antemeridian entered English in the 16th century.
how is antemeridian used?
And what, pray tell, is the point of 鈥淭witter鈥�? Seriously, I don’t 鈥済et鈥� it. I meanest, I see what people use it for; I simply do not comprehend the urge to share publicly thy basest observations about celebrated thespians during ceremonies of awards and the quality of thy antemeridian coffee …
In the first antemeridian hours there was a lull in the restless hotel night.
More about flubdub
There is no etymology other than 鈥渇anciful coinage鈥� or 鈥渙f unknown origin鈥� for flubdub. It is used as a common noun but first appears in print as a surname in 1885.
how is flubdub used?
He had, by intently listening to lawyers who had delivered him from justice in the 43 times he had stood prisoner before city and county courts, acquired an astonishing hash of legalistic flubdub.
Next to seeing a ballgame, the best thing is to sit in the studio with Mr. Barber and watch and listen as he takes the skeletonized report of a game coming over the telegraph wire and wraps up the bare bones with flubdub and pads it out and feeds it to the customers so it sounds as though he, and they, were seeing the plays.
cynosure
noun
something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.: the cynosure of all eyes.
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In Greek 碍测苍贸蝉辞耻谤补 means 鈥渄og鈥檚 tail鈥� and is also the name of the constellation Ursa Minor (also known as the Lesser Bear, Little Bear, and especially in American usage, the Little Dipper). The first element of 碍测苍贸蝉辞耻谤补 is the genitive singular of the Greek noun 办煤艒苍 鈥渄og, bitch, shepherd dog, watchdog.鈥� Greek 办煤艒苍 (and its stem kun-) come a very wide spread Proto-Indo-European noun 办煤飞艒苍 (stems kwon-, kun-) 鈥渄og,鈥� source of Sanskrit 艣惫腻虂 (also 艣耻惫腻虂) (stem 艣耻苍-), Old Prussian sunis, Germanic (German) Hund 鈥渄og,鈥� (Old English) hund, (English hound). Greek 辞耻谤腻虂 鈥渢ail鈥� is akin to Greek 贸谤谤丑辞蝉 鈥渞ump鈥� (from orso-) comes from Proto-Indo-European orsos 鈥渂uttocks, rump, tail,鈥� source of Germanic (German) Arsch and English arse (ass in American English). Cynosure entered English at the end of the 16th century.
how is cynosure used?
The throne of the gods was the most famous institution in Atvatabar. It was the cynosure of every eye, the object of all adoration, the tabernacle of all that was splendid in art, science and spiritual perfection.
… the garden鈥檚 look will be substantially different, with 16 new pieces by artists including … Katharina Fritsch, whose 鈥淗ahn/Cock,鈥� an ultramarine rooster more than 20 feet tall, might challenge 鈥淪poonbridge鈥� as the garden鈥檚 cynosure.