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equilibrist
noun
a performer who is skilled at balancing in unusual positions and hazardous movements, as a tightrope walker in a circus.
More about equilibrist
Equilibrist comes by way of French from Latin 补别辩耻颈濒墨产谤颈耻尘, 鈥渆quilibrium,鈥� which is formed from aequus, 鈥渆qual,鈥� and 濒墨产谤补, 鈥渂alance.鈥� Though aequus is of unknown origin, 濒墨产谤补 may be distantly related to English liter. Equilibrist was first recorded in English in the 1750s.
EXAMPLE OF EQUILIBRIST USED IN A SENTENCE
The equilibrists performed cartwheels on the narrow beam suspended in the air.
a vuestra salud
interjection
to your health.
More about a vuestra salud
A vuestra salud is from Spanish, consisting of a, 鈥渢o鈥�; vuestra, 鈥測our鈥�; and salud, 鈥渉ealth.鈥� These three words come from Latin, all unchanged in meaning; a comes from Latin ad, vuestra comes from vester, and salud comes from 蝉补濒奴蝉 (as in salute). A vuestra salud was first recorded in English in the early 1850s.
EXAMPLE OF A VUESTRA SALUD USED IN A SENTENCE
The dinner guests clinked their glasses together and proclaimed 鈥�A vuestra salud鈥� as they began to drink.
sternutation
noun
the act of sneezing.
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More about sternutation
Sternutation is based on the Latin verb 蝉迟别谤苍奴迟腻谤别, 鈥渢o sneeze repeatedly,鈥� from sternuere, 鈥渢o sneeze.鈥� Though the ultimate origin of sternuere is uncertain, linguists have noted its resemblance to Ancient Greek 辫迟谩谤苍测蝉迟丑补颈, 鈥渢o sneeze,鈥� as evidence of a deeper connection between the two words. Sternutation was first recorded in English around 1540.
EXAMPLE OF STERNUTATION USED IN A SENTENCE
鈥淕esundheit!鈥� exclaimed the nurse as a fit of sternutation overcame his patient.
