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burgeon
verb (used without object)
to grow or develop quickly; flourish.
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Burgeon 鈥渢o grow or develop quickly鈥� derives via Middle English and Anglo-French from the Old French noun burjon 鈥渟hoot, bud,鈥� and though the word鈥檚 history becomes murky from that point, the prevailing theory is that burjon is ultimately from Late Latin burra 鈥渨ool, fluff,鈥� in reference to the fine hairs that cover certain types of buds. An alternative theory connects burjon instead to a Proto-Germanic verb meaning 鈥渢o raise; to emerge, occur鈥�; compare Dutch gebeuren 鈥渢o happen鈥� and Swedish 产枚谤箩补 鈥渢o start.鈥� If the latter theory is correct, burgeon derives from the Proto-Indo-European root bher- 鈥渢o carry鈥� and is therefore distantly related to burden (from Old English), transfer (literally 鈥渢o carry across,鈥� from Latin ferre 鈥渢o bear鈥�), and phosphorus (literally 鈥渓ight-bearing,鈥� from Ancient Greek 鈥嬧赌媝丑茅谤别颈苍 鈥渢o carry鈥�). Burgeon was first recorded in English around the turn of the 14th century.
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Among the other mammals that made it through were some of the earliest placentals .鈥� But only after the end-Cretaceous extinction did these advanced mammals burgeon and split into the major modern subgroups, including rodents and primates. The reason for their sudden about-face is clear. With Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and kin out of the way, these placentals now had a clear playing field to conquer, and once again they quickly evolved to fill available niches.
Since 2005, [Freddy] Mamani [Silvestre] and his firm have completed sixty projects in El Alto, the world鈥檚 highest city, which sits at nearly fourteen thousand feet, on an austere plateau above La Paz. In the past twenty years, the economy there has burgeoned, along with an enterprising, mostly Indigenous population. Mamani earned his fame building mixed-use dream houses for the city鈥檚 nouveaux riches.
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manticore
noun
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
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While the legends involving manticores were likely tall tales about lions and tigers and similar beasts, manticore is not a compound of English man and tiger, which is a common misconception. Instead, manticore 鈥渁 legendary monster with a man鈥檚 head, a lion鈥檚 body, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion鈥� derives via Middle English from Latin 尘补苍迟颈肠丑艒谤腻蝉, which was a either a variant or a misreading of Ancient Greek 尘补谤迟颈肠丑峁搑补蝉. This word, in turn, was borrowed from the Old Persian element martiya- 鈥渕an鈥� and an additional Iranian source akin to Modern Persian -办丑艒谤 鈥渆at, devour.鈥� The martiya- element descends from a Proto-Indo-European root, mer- 鈥渢o harm, die鈥濃�攃ompare immortal (via Latin) and ambrosia (via Ancient Greek), both literally meaning 鈥渘ot of death鈥濃�攚hile the -办丑艒谤 element is cognate to English swallow and swill. Manticore was first recorded in English in the early 1300s.
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According to 5th Century Greek physician and historian Ctesias, the Mantichora (or manticore) was an Indian creature with the strength and body of a lion and the face and ears of a man. It also had three rows of terrible, terrible teeth. Blood-red in colour and as swift as a stag, its densely quilled tail resembled a scorpion鈥檚, right down to its poisoned tips.
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mojo
noun
exceptional ability, good luck, success.
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Mojo 鈥渆xceptional ability, good luck, success鈥� in its earliest sense denoted an object that was believed to carry a magic spell. From there, the word expanded to indicate magic itself and personal use of magic, and mojo鈥檚 popular use today in reference to seemingly magical influence or ability is informal. Mojo is of uncertain origin but is most likely related to the word moco 鈥渨itchcraft, magic鈥� in Gullah, a creole language spoken by an African-American population located along the southern Atlantic coast. Though Gullah is based on English, it incorporates ample vocabulary from the Niger鈥揅ongo language subfamily, which is spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa and includes languages such as Fulani, Mende, Yoruba, Swahili, and Zulu. Gullah moco may have its origin in one of these languages, as the Fulani word for 鈥渕edicine man鈥� is 尘辞肠辞鈥檕. Mojo was first recorded in the late 1920s.
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Here鈥檚 a confession: For the last week or so I鈥檝e felt a little drained. Low energy, low motivation, a sense that something is a little off. It鈥檚 nothing serious, but one of those passing phases we鈥檙e all familiar with when things feel overwhelming. As an old editor of mine used to put it: My mojo is a little off.
Powers, here, Austin Powers. You know, Powers by name, Powers by reputation. Crikey, it’s been a long time. Finally somebody besides Dr. Evil’s invented a time machine to take us back to the 60’s. Back to the old U.K.鈥攎y time! Back to London at its swingingest, most smashing, most shagadelic, when I made my bones! When England鈥攏ot America鈥攈ad the mojo, when every man wanted to be me, and every dolly bird wanted to be with me!
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