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effulgent
adjective
shining forth brilliantly; radiant.
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The adjective effulgent, 鈥渟hining forth brilliantly, radiant,鈥� comes from Latin 别蹿蹿耻濒驳脓苍蝉 (inflectional stem effulgent-), the present participle of 别蹿蹿耻濒驳脓谤别 鈥渢o shine forth, blaze, flash,鈥� a compound of the prefix ef-, a variant of ex– 鈥渙ut, out of, forth鈥� (also used as an intensive), and the simple verb 蹿耻濒驳脓谤别 鈥渢o shine brightly.鈥� The Latin root fulg– is an extension (with –g) of the complicated Proto-Indo-European root bhel– 产丑濒脓-, 产丑岣�– 鈥渢o shine, blaze, burn.鈥� Latin fulg– also appears in fulmen (from an unrecorded fulgmen) 鈥渓ightning, thunderbolt,鈥� source of English fulminate 鈥渢o explode loudly, detonate.鈥� Also related is the Latin verb 蹿濒补驳谤腻谤别 鈥渢o be ablaze, burn,鈥� the source of English flagrant, now meaning 鈥渟hockingly noticeable or glaring,鈥� but formerly 鈥渂lazing, burning.鈥� From 蹿濒补驳谤腻谤别 Latin also derives flamma 鈥渇lame鈥� (from an unrecorded flagma). Effulgent entered English in the first half of the 18th century.
how is effulgent used?
She stood, while she thus spoke, under an effulgent chandelier, whose jets, wrought in the semblance of candles, dispersed from ornate metallic sconces a truly splendid glow.聽
Gilliam broke ranks with the movement鈥攐r extended it鈥攊n the mid-sixties, when he began draping vast unstretched paint-stained and -spattered canvases from walls and ceilings, creating undulant environments that drenched the eye in effulgent color.
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palmary
adjective
having or deserving to have the palm of victory or success; praiseworthy.
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The adjective palmary, 鈥渄eserving the palm of victory; praiseworthy,鈥� comes from the Latin adjective and noun 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉. As an adjective, 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉 means 鈥減ertaining to palm trees鈥�; as a neuter noun, 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻尘 means 鈥渕asterpiece, masterstroke,鈥� and somewhat less nobly, 鈥渢he fee for an advocate who wins his case.鈥� 笔补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉 is a derivative of the noun palma 鈥減alm (of the hand); the width of a palm (as a measurement); palm tree (so called from the shape of its leaves); a palm branch awarded to the winner in a contest, first place.鈥� Palma comes from an earlier, unrecorded palama, from Proto-Indo-European 辫岣飞檓腻, and is closely related to Greek 辫补濒谩尘脓 鈥渉and, flat of the hand, means, device,鈥� and also to Old Irish 濒腻尘 (Proto-Celtic loses initial p-), Old High German folma (Proto-Indo-European p becomes f in Proto-Germanic), and Old English folm, all meaning 鈥渉and, flat of the hand.鈥� Palmary entered English in the mid-17th century.
how is palmary used?
One of Mr. Seitz’s gifts is his culinary vision, and his successes are palmary.
Her book is, in fact, a palmary example of a new phenomenon in scholarly publishing, the avowedly imaginative reconstruction of a historical figure鈥檚 life and world.
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matzo
noun
unleavened bread in the form of large crackers, typically square and corrugated, eaten during Passover.
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Most Americans are familiar with matzo 鈥渦nleavened bread in the form of large crackers,鈥� because food stores routinely stock matzo on their shelves, especially just before Passover, which occurs in the early spring. Matzo comes via Yiddish matse (plural matses) from Hebrew 尘补峁ａ梗腻丑 (plural 尘补峁ａ梗艒迟丑). 惭补峁ａ梗腻丑 comes from a West Semitic root meaning 鈥渢o be or become sour, ferment.鈥� Matzo entered English in the mid-17th century.
how is matzo used?
Every spring, we piled into the station wagon with my dad, who drove miles in search of a grocery store that sold Passover food. In a larger town, twenty minutes away, we could usually find a few Manischewitz products on a bottom shelf鈥攁 dusty jar of borscht, a tin of macaroons, a box of matzo. That orange-and-green logo was a beacon.
At its most traditional, matzo is made from just flour and water. But adding a little salt for flavor and olive oil for richness yields an airy, tender matzo that鈥檚 easy to make.
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