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deuteranopia
noun
a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to the color green.
More about deuteranopia
Deuteranopia is formed from Ancient Greek 诲别煤迟别谤辞蝉, meaning 鈥渟econd,鈥� and English anopia, 鈥渁bsence of sight.鈥� Red, green, and blue are the three primary colors of light, and deuteranopia gets its name because green is considered the second of these colors. Deuteranopia was first recorded in English at the turn of the 20th century.
EXAMPLE OF DEUTERANOPIA USED IN A SENTENCE
Because of his deuteranopia, the driver had difficulty reading the green dashboard lights.
hyson
noun
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop.
More about hyson
Hyson is an adaptation of Cantonese heiceon, 鈥渂right spring.鈥� The hei element, meaning 鈥渂right, glorious,鈥� is a cognate of Mandarin 虫墨, while ceon, 鈥渟pring,鈥� is related to Mandarin 肠丑奴苍. It鈥檚 possible that hyson鈥檚 unusual spelling is the result of the term passing through Dutch or French on its way to English, in which it first appeared in the 1730s.
EXAMPLE OF HYSON USED IN A SENTENCE
Once the small bag of hyson was placed in the mug, the leaves added a golden tinge to the water.
More about purloin
Purloin comes from Old French porloigner, 鈥渢o put off, remove.鈥� The por- element comes from Latin 辫谤艒, 鈥渇or, in favor of,鈥� while -loigner is聽ultimately from Latin longus, 鈥渓ong.鈥� Prolong comes from the same sources as purloin, making the two words doublets. Purloin was first recorded in English in the early 14th century.
EXAMPLE OF PURLOIN USED IN A SENTENCE
After halting a man on the street under the pretense of asking directions, the thief purloined the man鈥檚 watch.