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butte
noun
an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.
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Butte 鈥渁n isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land鈥� is a borrowing from French, in which it means 鈥渟mall hill, mound.鈥� 鈥嬧�婭n Old French, butte referred specifically to a mound or structure used for archery practice and also to the target itself, which is why modern French but means 鈥渁im, goal.鈥� Despite its enduring place in the French language, butte was originally a borrowing from a Germanic source such as Frankish or Old Norse, in which the word meant something like 鈥減iece鈥� or 鈥渆nd part.鈥� Butte was first recorded in English in the mid-1600s.
how is butte used?
Bears are a common thread among the Indigenous tribal stories about the origins of this iconic butte, and most Indigenous names for the tower reference bears. A Kiowa legend tells of seven girls who were attacked by bears. One of the girls prayed to the rock for help, and the rock began to grow, pushing the girls out of the bears鈥� reach. When the bears jumped to reach the girls, they fell to the ground, scratching the rock and creating the deep grooves you see in the butte.
You need a map to find Paris’s Butte aux Cailles, but that’s one of the best things about it….Incidentally, at an elevation of about 190 feet, it’s not much of a butte鈥攋ust high enough up to feel better off than the rest of this rapidly changing part of Paris.
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trident
noun
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
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Trident 鈥渁 three-pronged instrument or weapon鈥� derives from the Latin adjective 迟谤颈诲脓苍蝉 鈥渉aving/with three teeth鈥� and is often associated with Neptune, known to the Greeks as Poseidon, the god of the sea and earthquakes. A similar symbol is the bident, a spear with two prongs, which was associated with Pluto, known to the Greeks as Hades, the god of the underworld. Trident鈥檚 two Latin sources, 迟谤脓蝉 and 诲脓苍蝉 (stem dent-), are cognates of their respective English translations three and tooth. A common trend in the Indo-European language family is for t in Latin to correspond to th in native English words, and this pattern is also visible when comparing Latin 蹿谤腻迟别谤, 尘腻迟别谤, and pater to English brother, mother, and father. Trident was first recorded in English in the late 1500s.
how is trident used?
As king, Aquaman wields the trident of Poseidon, granted to the Atlanteans by the sea god. More than simply an emblem of power, the trident can manipulate water as well as create storms and floods. It shoots bolts of energy, extends the wielder鈥檚 powers of telepathy with sea animals, and can even transform into a sword.
So that’s what has kept The Times chaste all these years: Mombudsmen! We like the idea of Sam Sifton sitting at his desk with his mother looking stern in angel robes on one shoulder and the rest of us dressed in red prodding him with a trident on the other.
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muliebrity
noun
womanly nature or qualities.
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Muliebrity 鈥渨omanly nature or qualities鈥� derives from Late Latin 尘耻濒颈脓产谤颈迟腻蝉 鈥渨omanhood,鈥� from mulier 鈥渨辞尘补苍.鈥� Mulier is of uncertain origin, though the most common theory connects the noun to the comparative adjective mollior 鈥渟ofter,鈥� from mollis 鈥渟oft, calm, gentle,鈥� the source of the English verb mollify 鈥渢o soften in feeling or temper.鈥� Mulier was one of four primary Latin words that evolved into the terms for 鈥渨oman,鈥� 鈥渓ady,鈥� or 鈥渨ife鈥� in modern Romance languages; while mulier became Portuguese mulher and Spanish mujer, Latin 蹿脓尘颈苍补 鈥渨oman鈥� became French femme and Spanish hembra, Latin domina 鈥渓ady, mistress (of a household)鈥� became French dame and Spanish 诲辞帽补, and Latin senior 鈥渙lder鈥� became Portuguese senhora and Spanish 蝉别帽辞谤补. Muliebrity was first recorded in English in the late 1500s.
how is muliebrity used?
She is so much a woman that I forget there are tomorrows. She is a poem, an epic of muliebrity, in those satin slippers and light gowns, and rustling dresses, and with jewels in her ears ….. And when she wears them, I can鈥檛 think at all.
Unlike, say, Harry Styles or Billy Porter, both of whom have been known to flaunt gender ambivalence in their style choices, Bryan offers something more鈥� suburban: machismo up top and muliebrity from the waist down.
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