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bossdom
noun
the status, influence, or power of a boss, especially a political boss.
More about bossdom
Bossdom has a crude, graceless sound. It is originally an Americanism referring to the bosses of political machines at the municipal and state level. Bossdom first entered English in the late 19th century.
how is bossdom used?
Se帽or So-and-so is the most powerful boss in the province of Tarragona, and even at that there are those who dispute his bossdom.
This was Lepke’s first bid for bossdom. He was ready to try his theories.
glissade
noun
a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
More about glissade
The English noun glissade shows its obviously French origin. The French noun means 鈥済lide, slide, slip, faux pas鈥� and derives from the verb glisser 鈥漷o slip, slide.鈥� The French verb comes from Old French glicier, an alteration of glier 鈥渢o glide,鈥� a verb of Germanic (Frankish) origin, related to Old English 驳濒墨诲补苍 and Old High German 驳濒墨迟补苍 鈥渢o glide.鈥� Glissade entered English in the 19th century.
how is glissade used?
A rapid scramble down the shattered ridge to the col, and a careful kicking of steps along the first two or three hundred feet of the glacier which led northwards to our picnic place, then a glissade … gradually easing off into a run down.
鈥淒on鈥檛 worry,鈥� she cheerily assured us over her shoulder. 鈥淚n some places glissade is just about the only thing you can do. Plus, it鈥檚 fun.鈥�
objurgate
verb
to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
More about objurgate
The English verb objurgate comes from Latin 辞产箩奴谤驳腻迟-, the past participle stem of the verb 辞产箩奴谤驳腻谤别 鈥渢o reprimand, rebuke.鈥� The Latin verb is composed of the prefix ob- 鈥渁gainst,鈥� and the verb 箩奴谤驳腻谤别 or 箩奴谤颈驳腻谤别 鈥渢o rebuke.鈥� 闯奴谤颈驳腻谤别, in turn, is composed of the noun stem 箩奴谤- (from 箩奴蝉 鈥渞ight, law, justice鈥�) and the verb suffix -颈驳腻谤别, from -ig-, a noun derivative of agere 鈥渢o drive, do,鈥� as in fumigate, litigate, and navigate. Objurgate entered English in the early 17th century.
how is objurgate used?
Let his fellows grumble and objurgate, said he; they would cringe to him when he became a dragoman, with his pockets stuffed with piastres.
It would be my advice to persons situated in this way, to not roll or thrash around, because this excites the interest of all the different sorts of animals and makes every last one of them want to turn out and see what is going on, and this makes things worse than they were before, and of course makes you objurgate harder, too, if you can.