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More about bunglesome
Bunglesome is an Americanism dating back to 1885鈥�90.
how is bunglesome used?
He is a little awkward, a little bunglesome in starting, but if you would–could exercise just a little patience for a few days–a day, I am sure he would please you.
To the traveler coming down from Florence to Rome in the summertime, the larger, more ancient city is bound to be a disappointment. It is bunglesome; nothing is orderly or planned; there is a tangle of electric wires and tramlines, a ceaseless clamor of traffic.
More about dekko
It is hard to believe that dekko, originally British army slang meaning “to look; a look,” is related to dragon. Dekko and dragon both ultimately come from the Proto-Indo-European root derk- (and its variant 诲峁沰-) 鈥渢o see, look.鈥� The form derk- forms Greek 诲茅谤办别蝉迟丑补颈 鈥渢o look鈥�; the variant 诲峁沰- forms the Greek aorist (a kind of past tense) 茅诲谤补办辞苍 鈥淚 saw, looked,鈥� the aorist active participle 诲谤补办峁搉 鈥渓ooking,鈥� and the noun 诲谤谩办艒苍 鈥渟erpent, (huge) snake,鈥� also the name of a winged mythical monster, half reptilian, half mammalian, whose look could kill. In Sanskrit the root derk- forms the causative verb 诲补谤艣谩测补迟颈 鈥�(he) makes see.鈥� The Sanskrit root 诲补谤艣-, 诲峁浥�- develops into the Hindi root dekh- 鈥渢o see,鈥� which forms the infinitive 诲别办丑苍腻 鈥渢o see,鈥� and the imperative dekho 鈥渓ook, see.鈥� Dekko entered English in the late 19th century.
how is dekko used?
I’ll have a dekko at the furnace, and see what tools I need.
Oh yes, he’s here, replied Monteiro Rossi, but he doesn’t like to burst in just like that, he’s sent me on ahead to take a dekko.
circumferential
adjective
surrounding; lying along the outskirts; of, at, or near the circumference.
More about circumferential
Circumferential nowadays means only 鈥渟urrounding, on the outskirts or periphery of.鈥� In the late 17th century circumferential had the additional meaning 鈥渋ndirect, roundabout.鈥� Circumferential entered English in the early 17th century.
how is circumferential used?
Now bees, as may be clearly seen by examining the edge of a growing comb, do make a rough, circumferential wall or rim all round the comb …
Far away in the circumferential wall a little doorway looked like Heaven, and he set off in a wild rush for it.