51吃瓜 of the Day
brabble
verb (used without object)
to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.
More about brabble
Brabble is an uncommon verb and noun meaning 鈥渢o quarrel over trifles; a noisy quarrel.鈥� Its etymology is obscure, but most authorities think brabble comes from the Middle Dutch verb brabbelen 鈥渢o quarrel, stammer, babble鈥� (there is no connection between babble and brabble). One relatively early citation of brabble in the sense 鈥渢o quarrel over trifles鈥� dates from the first half of the 16th century: It reads 鈥淎nd then they brable with us about the translation,鈥� a quotation from John Field, originally an Anglican clergyman, later a radical Puritan clergyman. Brabbling over a translation may seem nowadays like a petty academic quarrel, but Field was talking about John Calvin鈥檚 sermons, which were explosive at that time and could result in one鈥檚 painful death as a heretic. Brabble entered English in the first half of the 16th century.
how is brabble used?
they seldom meet upon the Exchange, or in the streets, but they brabble and quarrel: so that, if that society be not dissolved the sooner, or cast in a new mould, worse effects may follow than the whole business is worth.
we were, God knows, prepared to argue for it. And argue. And argue. But even in the monkish idelenss of Cambridge where there was more time to brabble in than ever I knew before or since … we saw ourselves as swords of change.
brabble
effulgent
adjective
shining forth brilliantly; radiant.
More about effulgent
The adjective effulgent, 鈥渟hining forth brilliantly, radiant,鈥� comes from Latin 别蹿蹿耻濒驳脓苍蝉 (inflectional stem effulgent-), the present participle of 别蹿蹿耻濒驳脓谤别 鈥渢o shine forth, blaze, flash,鈥� a compound of the prefix ef-, a variant of ex– 鈥渙ut, out of, forth鈥� (also used as an intensive), and the simple verb 蹿耻濒驳脓谤别 鈥渢o shine brightly.鈥� The Latin root fulg– is an extension (with –g) of the complicated Proto-Indo-European root bhel– 产丑濒脓-, 产丑岣�– 鈥渢o shine, blaze, burn.鈥� Latin fulg– also appears in fulmen (from an unrecorded fulgmen) 鈥渓ightning, thunderbolt,鈥� source of English fulminate 鈥渢o explode loudly, detonate.鈥� Also related is the Latin verb 蹿濒补驳谤腻谤别 鈥渢o be ablaze, burn,鈥� the source of English flagrant, now meaning 鈥渟hockingly noticeable or glaring,鈥� but formerly 鈥渂lazing, burning.鈥� From 蹿濒补驳谤腻谤别 Latin also derives flamma 鈥渇lame鈥� (from an unrecorded flagma). Effulgent entered English in the first half of the 18th century.
how is effulgent used?
She stood, while she thus spoke, under an effulgent chandelier, whose jets, wrought in the semblance of candles, dispersed from ornate metallic sconces a truly splendid glow.聽
Gilliam broke ranks with the movement鈥攐r extended it鈥攊n the mid-sixties, when he began draping vast unstretched paint-stained and -spattered canvases from walls and ceilings, creating undulant environments that drenched the eye in effulgent color.
effulgent
palmary
adjective
having or deserving to have the palm of victory or success; praiseworthy.
More about palmary
The adjective palmary, 鈥渄eserving the palm of victory; praiseworthy,鈥� comes from the Latin adjective and noun 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉. As an adjective, 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉 means 鈥減ertaining to palm trees鈥�; as a neuter noun, 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻尘 means 鈥渕asterpiece, masterstroke,鈥� and somewhat less nobly, 鈥渢he fee for an advocate who wins his case.鈥� 笔补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉 is a derivative of the noun palma 鈥減alm (of the hand); the width of a palm (as a measurement); palm tree (so called from the shape of its leaves); a palm branch awarded to the winner in a contest, first place.鈥� Palma comes from an earlier, unrecorded palama, from Proto-Indo-European 辫岣飞檓腻, and is closely related to Greek 辫补濒谩尘脓 鈥渉and, flat of the hand, means, device,鈥� and also to Old Irish 濒腻尘 (Proto-Celtic loses initial p-), Old High German folma (Proto-Indo-European p becomes f in Proto-Germanic), and Old English folm, all meaning 鈥渉and, flat of the hand.鈥� Palmary entered English in the mid-17th century.
how is palmary used?
One of Mr. Seitz’s gifts is his culinary vision, and his successes are palmary.
Her book is, in fact, a palmary example of a new phenomenon in scholarly publishing, the avowedly imaginative reconstruction of a historical figure鈥檚 life and world.
palmary