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More about brumal
The adjective brumal 鈥渨intry鈥� ultimately comes from Latin 产谤奴尘腻濒颈蝉 鈥減ertaining to the winter solstice, or to the winter,鈥� a derivative of the noun 产谤奴尘补 鈥渢he day of the winter solstice, the position of the sun on the solstice, midwinter鈥� (both the noun and the adjective are very restricted in their usage). 叠谤奴尘补 comes from breuma, a contraction of brevi-ma 鈥渟hortest鈥� (Latin v is pronounced like English w). The ending –ma is an old superlative ending (usually replaced in Latin by –issima; brevissima is standard Latin). Brevi– is the inflectional stem of brevis 鈥渟hort, low, shallow, stunted,鈥� and the source of English breve and brief. Brumal entered English in the first half of the 16th century.
how is brumal used?
Our motley platoon of snowmobiles was chewing up a rippled meadow high on the southwestern flanks of the Gore Range near Vail, Colo., four bundles of motorized mayhem zigzagging across a brumal landscape.
Operated under the Antarctic Treaty System, the South Pole is meant to be a brumal Eden of science, where research centers are freed from the political binds that exist in the world above.
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snuggery
noun
British.
a comfortable or cozy room.
More about snuggery
Snuggery 鈥渁 comfortable, cozy room鈥� is a transparent derivative of the adjective snug 鈥渃omfortably warm and cozy,鈥� as in Clement Clarke Moore鈥檚 A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823), 鈥淭he children were nestled all snug in their beds, / While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.鈥� The origin of snug is uncertain: it may be of Scandinavian origin, related to Old Norse 蝉苍酶驳驳谤 鈥渟hort, short-haired, sudden, brief,鈥� Old Danish 蝉苍酶驳, and Swedish snygg, both meaning 鈥渘eat, trim, tidy.鈥� Snuggery entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is snuggery used?
On the top of the house was a snuggery, into which he retired when he wanted to be entirely alone, and this he called his Syracuse, or workshop.
No wonder, then, that Phra-Alack experienced an access of gratitude for the privilege of napping for two hours in a snuggery of sunshine.
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More about cordate
Cordate, now used only in botany and biology in the meaning 鈥渉eart-shaped,鈥� comes from the Latin adjective 肠辞谤诲腻迟耻蝉 鈥渋ntelligent, sensible,鈥� a derivative of the noun cor (inflectional stem cord-) 鈥渢he heart鈥� (the organ, also considered the seat of one鈥檚 conscience, will, and emotions). In English the senses “intelligent, prudent” became obsolete during the first half of the 18th century; Latin 肠辞谤诲腻迟耻蝉 never had any biological senses. Cordate in the sense 鈥渋ntelligent, prudent鈥� entered English in the mid-17th century; its modern sense in the second half of the 18th century.
how is cordate used?
He also wrote, at 15, his first poem after seeing a raindrop cause a cordate leaf to flutter.
Its leaves are variable in shape, as are those of most ivies, but generally cordate, or heart-shaped, and very dark green, larger than the Irish ivy, which is the ivy you see most often in Washington.
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