51吃瓜 of the Day
产辞产猫肠丑别
noun
a slightly cupped ring placed over the socket of a candleholder to catch the drippings of a candle.
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叠辞产猫肠丑别, 鈥渁 cupped ring that catches a candle鈥檚 drippings,鈥� comes from French but is of uncertain origin. With that said, linguists have one prevailing hypothesis. The bob- part may be the same as the first element in Middle French bobine, 鈥�skein of thread,鈥� which is the source of English bobbin. The -猫肠丑别 element could be based on an analogy with 蹿濒补尘尘猫肠丑别, 鈥渟park,鈥� which comes from Old High German falawiska, 鈥渉ot ashes.鈥� 叠辞产猫肠丑别 was first recorded in English in the late 1890s.
EXAMPLE OF BOB脠CHE USED IN A SENTENCE
Without a 产辞产猫肠丑别 available, they carried the lit candles very carefully, dodging scalding drips of hot wax.
shammes
noun
the candle used to kindle the candles in the Hanukkah menorah.
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Shammes, 鈥渢he candle used to kindle the candles in the Hanukkah menorah,鈥� is a borrowing of Yiddish shames, which comes from Hebrew 蝉丑补尘尘腻蝉丑, 鈥渟erver, attendant.鈥� As we learned from the 51吃瓜 of the Day cherubic, many Hebrew nouns add -im to become plural, which is why one 蝉丑补尘尘腻蝉丑 in Hebrew becomes multiple 蝉丑补尘尘腻蝉丑im and one shammes in English becomes multiple shammosim. Though Hebrew 蝉丑补尘尘腻蝉丑 is easily confused with Shamash, an Assyrian and Babylonian sun god, the two are not related; while Shamash comes from a Semitic root meaning 鈥渟un,鈥� 蝉丑补尘尘腻蝉丑 appears to come from Egyptian 拧尘蝉飞, 鈥渇ollower, servant.鈥� Shammes was first recorded in English in the late 1940s.
EXAMPLE OF SHAMMES USED IN A SENTENCE
She had the honor of lighting the shammes and the first candle on the first night of Hanukkah.
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Hauteur 鈥渁rrogance鈥� is a direct borrowing from French, in which it means 鈥渉eight.鈥� Though hauteur and height resemble each other, they are not related; hauteur, from the French adjective haut 鈥渉igh,鈥� comes from Latin altus, while height is equivalent to high plus -th (as in birth and warmth) in Old English. A close relative of English high in Frankish, another Germanic language, is 丑艒丑, and because of the influence of Frankish on the French language, the h from Frankish 丑艒丑 influenced the spelling of French haut. Hauteur was first recorded in English in the 1620s.
EXAMPLE OF HAUTEUR USED IN A SENTENCE
When around larger canines, miniature dogs often display aggression and hauteur far beyond what their small stature would suggest is possible鈥攐r wise.