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More about casefy
Casefy comes from Latin 肠腻蝉别耻蝉, 鈥渃heese,鈥� which is also the source of English cheese as well as Portuguese queijo and Spanish queso. Meanwhile, French fromage and Italian formaggio come from Latin 蹿艒谤尘腻迟颈肠耻尘, originally with the sense 鈥渟omething formed, molded.鈥� Casefy was first recorded in English in the 1870s in an earlier medical sense.
EXAMPLE OF CASEFY USED IN A SENTENCE
They found that the milk would slowly casefy if left in the vat too long.
More about olykoek
Olykoek has its origins in the now-extinct New York dialect of Dutch. Dutch is related to English, therefore it鈥檚 no surprise that Dutch olie and koek resemble their English cognates oil and cake. Olykoek was first recorded in English at the turn of the 19th century.
EXAMPLE OF OLYKOEK USED IN A SENTENCE
The crowd of Knicks fans enjoyed olykoeks as the sun rose over the Hudson River.
More about debouch
Debouch is an adaptation of French 诲茅产辞耻肠丑别谤, meaning both 鈥渢o unclog, uncork鈥� and 鈥渢o emerge, result, drain.鈥� The bouche element means 鈥渕outh鈥� and comes from Latin bucca, which means 鈥渃heek, jaw.鈥� Bucca eventually replaced Latin 艒蝉, 艒谤- (as in oral and oration) as the word for 鈥渕outh.鈥� Debouch was first recorded in English circa 1660.
EXAMPLE OF DEBOUCH USED IN A SENTENCE
Passengers in festive clothing debouched from the crowded subway on their way to the parade.