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canting
adjective
affectedly or hypocritically pious or righteous: a canting social reformer.
More about canting
Canting comes from one of the senses of the verb cant, 鈥渢o talk hypocritically or with affected piety.鈥� One of the famed lexicographer Samuel Johnson鈥檚 five senses for cant is 鈥淎 whining pretension to goodness, in formal and affected terms.鈥� Cant and canting ultimately come from Latin 肠补苍迟腻谤别 鈥渢o sing.鈥� 颁补苍迟腻谤别 and its derivatives such as cantus 鈥渟ong, chant, chanting鈥� were used contemptuously in Medieval Latin for perfunctory and lackluster liturgical chanting of the hours. In English by the first half of the 18th century, cant also meant 鈥渢he singsong whining or chants of beggars; the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, or profession,鈥� and “insincere, conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.鈥� Canting entered English in the second half of the 16th century.
how is canting used?
He’s a villain in disguise; that’s my opinion of him. A low,聽canting听丑测辫辞肠谤颈迟别.
While conducting a petty, politically motivated trial and listening to a canting, ideological prosecutor, she looks bored and casts her glance aside.
More about fettle
The noun fettle is found most often in the stock phrase in fine fettle 鈥渋n a good state or condition.鈥� Fettle is originally a British dialect word (Lancashire in northwest England), a verb meaning 鈥渢o shape, prepare, fix, arrange.鈥� Further origin is obscure: fettle may come from Middle English fetlen (fetelen, fatelen, fitelen) 鈥渢o shape, fix, put, bestow鈥� and be related to the Old English words fetian 鈥渢o fetch, bring to, marry,鈥� 蹿忙迟 鈥渃up, vessel, vat,鈥� and feter 鈥渇etter.鈥� Or fettle may be related to the Old English noun fetel 鈥渂elt, girdle.鈥� The sense 鈥渢o shape, prepare鈥� entered English in the 14th century; the metallurgical and ceramics senses entered English in the second half of the 19th century; the sense 鈥渟tate or condition鈥� in the mid-18th century.
how is fettle used?
Bernie Sanders was, as usual, in fighting fettle.
Mathilde was in fine fettle. The month in Venice had healed all the wounds.
EGOT
noun
the honor of winning at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in competitive rather than honorary categories: How many people have won an EGOT?
More about EGOT
The acronym EGOT was coined in 1984 by the American actor Philip Michael Thomas (born 1949) from the initial letters of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. It was later popularized by the TV show 30 Rock. As of 2019, 15 people have accomplished this feat.
how is EGOT used?
Anderson-Lopez鈥檚 husband co-created 鈥淭he Book of Mormon鈥� and 鈥淎venue Q,鈥� and is the youngest person ever to claim the EGOT, or the rare Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony show-biz grand slam.
Porter鈥檚 win puts him on the road to EGOT glory.