51吃瓜 of the Day
bazaar
noun
a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.
More about bazaar
Bazaar, 鈥渁 marketplace,鈥� comes via Italian bazarro from Persian 产腻锄腻谤, 鈥渕arket.鈥� The 产腻- part of this term (earlier 飞腻-, vaha-) likely comes from a root meaning 鈥渢o buy, sell鈥� and is a distant relative of Latin venum, 鈥渇or sale鈥� (compare venal and vendor), while the -锄腻谤 element (earlier -carana) may come from the same movement-related root as found in chakra (from Sanskrit), cycle (from Ancient Greek), and wheel (from Old English). Take care not to confuse bazaar with bizarre, 鈥渦nusual, odd,鈥� from Italian bizzarro, 鈥渜uick to anger,鈥� of uncertain origin. Bazaar was first recorded in English in the 1590s.
EXAMPLE OF BAZAAR USED IN A SENTENCE
Merchants came from far and wide, trekking miles across the mountains and deserts, to sell their wares at the bazaar.
Samhain
noun
a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.
More about Samhain
Samhain, 鈥渁n ancient Celtic winter festival,鈥� is a borrowing from Irish Gaelic. In Irish Gaelic, the consonant pair mh is often pronounced as 鈥渙o鈥� or 鈥渨uh,鈥� which is why the standard English pronunciation of Samhain is 鈥�sah-win鈥濃�攁nd, unlike what certain supernatural-themed TV series have claimed, is not 鈥�sam-丑别测苍.鈥� Samhain comes from Old Irish samain, which some linguists have proposed is a distant relative of English summer. Though it may be folk etymology, a similar proposal is that samain comprises Old Irish sam, 鈥渟ummer鈥� (compare modern Irish Gaelic samhradh), and perhaps fuin, 鈥渟etting, end.鈥� Perhaps instead of a summery connection, samain comes from a root meaning 鈥渢ogether鈥� or, by extension, 鈥渁ssembly, gathering.鈥� Samhain was first recorded in English in the late 1880s.
EXAMPLE OF SAMHAIN USED IN A SENTENCE
As the nights grew longer and chillier in Ireland, though snow had yet to fall, the winter festival Samhain was fast approaching.
preternatural
adjective
out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal.
More about preternatural
Preternatural, 鈥渙ut of the ordinary course of nature,鈥� comes from Medieval Latin 辫谤补别迟别谤苍腻迟奴谤腻濒颈蝉, of the same meaning, which is based on the Latin phrase praeter 苍腻迟奴谤补m, 鈥渂eyond nature.鈥� Praeter, 鈥渂eyond,鈥� is the comparative of prae, 鈥渂efore,鈥� giving praeter the literal sense of 鈥渕ore before,鈥� and it appears in English as the element preter- in words such as preterit (鈥済one beyond鈥�). 狈腻迟奴谤补尘 is the direct object of 苍腻迟奴谤补, 鈥渘ature, conditions of birth, quality,鈥� which is based on the verb 苍腻蝉肠墨 (stem 苍腻迟-), 鈥渢o be born.鈥� 狈腻蝉肠墨, in turn, is the source of cognate, innate, nascent, native, prenatal, puny, renaissance, and the name Natalie. Preternatural was first recorded in English in the 1570s.
EXAMPLE OF PRETERNATURAL USED IN A SENTENCE
The artist had a preternatural knack for using color, texture, and shading to create haunting images.