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diapason
noun
Music. a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
More about diapason
The English noun diapason comes from the Latin noun 诲颈补辫腻蝉艒苍 鈥渕usical interval of the octave,鈥� extracted from the Greek phrase di脿 p膩s么n (chord么n) 鈥渢hrough all (the notes),鈥� from the full phrase h膿 di脿 p膩s么n chord么n symph艒n铆a 鈥渢he concord through all the notes of the scale.鈥� Diapason entered English in the 14th century.
how is diapason used?
… and from the dell below rose in the night, now the monotonous chanting of the frogs, and now, as some great bull-frog took the note, a diapason worthy of a Brescian organ.
… [Harley] concluded a speech which, for popular effect, had never been equalled in that hall, amidst a diapason of cheers that threatened to bring down the rafters.
More about applesauce
Applesauce is a straightforward compound noun. The original sense is first recorded in the 17th century. The American slang term first appears in Ring Lardner (1885鈥�1933) and then in the novel Appointment in Samarra (1934) by John O鈥橦ara (1905鈥�70).
how is applesauce used?
Nonsense! Fiddlesticks! Baloney! Phoo! Poo! Poppycock! Bah! Twaddle! Don’t be silly! My eye! In your hat! That’s pure applesauce!
The opinion offers several new candidates for a master list of Scalia鈥檚 best turns-of-phrase, which should be published as a book as far as we are concerned. One example: the majority鈥檚 reasoning? 鈥淧ure applesauce,鈥� he wrote.
More about gnathonic
The English adjective gnathonic comes from Latin 驳苍补迟丑艒苍颈肠耻蝉, an adjective derivative of 骋苍补迟丑艒 (inflectional stem 骋苍补迟丑艒n-), the name of a sycophant and parasite in Eunuchus, a comedy by the Latin playwright Terence (Publius Terentius Afer, c190鈥揷159 b.c.). Terence also coined the derivative plural noun 骋苍补迟丑艒nic墨 鈥渄isciples of Gnatho鈥� as a comic general term for sycophants and parasites. Gnathonic entered English in the 17th century.
how is gnathonic used?
That Jack’s is somewhat of a gnathonic and parasitic soul, or stomach, all Bideford apple-women know …
… Pandarus is not unlike familiar gnathonic persons who attach themselves to their betters, as he does both in his defense of Paris ad in his eagerness to satisfy the appetities [sic] of his prince.