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The English adjective caseous derives from the Latin noun 肠腻蝉别耻蝉 鈥渃heese,鈥� which in Latin comedy (Plautus), at least, is used as a term of endearment: molliculus 肠腻蝉别耻蝉 鈥渄elicate cheese.鈥� (Molliculus is a diminutive of the adjective mollis 鈥渟oft.鈥� Diminutives are characteristic of colloquial Latin, and therefore of comedy, and also exist in modern Romance languages, e.g., Italian orecchio 鈥渆ar,鈥� from auricula, a diminutive of auris 鈥渆ar.鈥�) The etymology of 肠腻蝉别耻蝉 is unknown, but it may come from earlier, unrecorded 办飞腻迟蝉辞蝉, meaning 鈥渟omething runny,鈥� from the Proto-Indo-European root kwat- 鈥渢o ferment; be, become, or make sour.鈥� If that is so, 肠腻蝉别耻蝉 may be related to Russian kvas 鈥渟our beer,鈥� and Polish kwas 鈥渁肠颈诲.鈥� Caseous entered English in the mid-17th century.
how is caseous used?
Second, eat these little caseous balloons immediately鈥攍ike topical plays, they lose value every couple of minutes.
I have no doubt but that in the process of churning the whole milk there is a large amount of lactic acid formed, and a much higher temperature attained, than in the churning of cream; consequently, the separation of caseous matter must be more perfectly effected in the former than in the latter case.
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glower
verb (used without object)
to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
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The verb glower, 鈥渢o look or stare with sullen dislike,鈥� comes from Middle English gloren, glouren 鈥渢o shine, gleam, glow; stare, stare at fixedly.鈥� The Middle English forms are mostly from the north (Yorkshire) and Scotland; the sense 鈥渢o stare at fixedly鈥� is Scottish. The source of gloren and glouren is obscure, but possibly Scandinavian, e.g., Icelandic 驳濒贸谤补 鈥渢o glow (like a cat鈥檚 eyes)鈥� and Swedish and Norwegian dialect glora 鈥渢o glow, stare.鈥� The source of gloren, glouren may also be from Middle Low German 驳濒奴谤别苍 鈥渢o be overcast鈥� or Dutch glueren 鈥渢o leer, peep.鈥� Glower entered English in the 15th century.
how is glower used?
Alfred glowered at us as if he never could, or would, forgive the injury of that night.
Angela was dismayed: was she sure she knew the way back? Of course she knew it, Cecilia said, glowering. She wasn鈥檛 an idiot.
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ex-voto
noun
a painting or other object left as an offering in fulfillment of a vow or in gratitude, as for recovery from an illness or injury.
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Ex-voto, 鈥渙ut of a vow (fulfilled or undertaken),鈥� refers to a painting or other artifact left as an offering in fulfillment of a vow or in gratitude, e.g., for recovery from an illness or injury. Ex-voto being a Latin phrase, such offerings are therefore associated with Western Christianity, especially with Mediterranean Catholicism (Italy, Iberia, former Spanish colonies abroad). (The Greek Orthodox Church has a similar custom; the offerings in the Greek Church are called 迟谩尘补迟补, plural of 迟谩尘补 鈥渁 vow, an ex-voto offering.鈥�) The custom antedates Christianity by many hundreds of years: In the Iliad Hector says he will hang the weapons of his foe in the temple of Apollo; the poet Hesiod dedicated the tripod he won in a poetry contest in Chalcis to the Muses on Mount Helicon. Miltiades, the general of the Athenians and their Plataean allies at the Battle of Marathon (490 b.c.), dedicated his helmet in the temple of Zeus in Olympia (where his helmet is on display on the archaeological museum). Even the witty, urbane Horace refers to 鈥渢he sacred wall with its votive tablet [tabul膩鈥� v艒t墨v膩] shows where I have hung my sodden garments in gratitude to the god of the sea鈥� (for escaping the surely destructive shipwreck of a love affair). Ex-voto entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is ex-voto used?
Amid the fear and uncertainty of wartime,听ex-votos听doubled as a means of communication and thanksgiving between a human and her god and saints.
The purpose of the ex-voto is not only to record the individual experiences of Messer Zaneto de Friza and his sons but also to proclaim their experiences to a public audience.
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