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More about eye-minded

Eye-minded 鈥渢ending to perceive one’s environment in visual terms and to recall sights more vividly than sounds or smells鈥� was originally and still is a term used in psychology. Eye-minded has a companion term ear-minded dating from the same year (1888). A third related term motor-minded 鈥渢ending to perceive one’s environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity鈥� dates to the end of the 19th century.

More about donnish

The adjective donnish 鈥渂ookish, pedantic鈥� is a derivative of the Oxbridge term don 鈥渁 head, fellow, or tutor of a college.鈥� The English noun comes from the Spanish title of respect Don prefixed to a man鈥檚 name, as Don Quixote. Spanish don, Portuguese dom ultimately come from Late Latin domnus, a shortening of Latin dominus 鈥渓ord, master.鈥� Domnus is also the source of Italian Donno, usually reduced to Don, a title of respect for a man, such as Don Corleone.

Latin domina 鈥渕istress (of a household), lady (of the imperial family)鈥� is the feminine of dominus, and the source of French and English dame, Spanish 诲辞帽补, Portuguese dona, and Italian donna 鈥渨oman, lady of the house鈥� and Madonna, literally 鈥渕y lady,鈥� not only a title of the Virgin Mary, but also a respectful form of address equivalent to French madame. In medieval Florence Madonna was shortened to Mona 鈥淢a鈥檃m,鈥� an informal but respectful title for a married woman, such as Mona Lisa. In the Neapolitan dialect (and other southern Italian dialects), intervocalic d becomes r, Madonna thereby becoming Maronna, the final a falling away, leaving the interjection 惭补谤辞苍苍鈥�, a cry of exasperation. Donna has become a female given name in some parts of the United States with large Italian American populations. 顿辞苍苍颈蝉丑听entered English in the early 19th century.

More about caducity

Caducity is an uncommon noun meaning 鈥渇railty, weakness of old age.鈥� It comes from French c补诲耻肠颈迟茅 鈥渙bsolescence, cancellation,鈥� a derivation of the adjective caduc 鈥渙bsolete, deciduous,鈥� from the Latin adjective 肠补诲奴肠耻蝉 鈥渇allen, falling, liable to fall, frail, fleeting.鈥澛�Caducity entered English in the 17th century.