51吃瓜 of the Day
ferrule
noun
a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
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To the casual observer, ferrule 鈥渁 ring or cap put around the end of something鈥� looks like it is a compound of Latin ferrum 鈥渋ron鈥� (compare the chemical symbol Fe and Spanish hierro) and the suffix -ule 鈥渟mall, little,鈥� but looks can be deceiving. In fact, ferrule is an alteration of English forms such as verrel or virl, with a spelling change based simply on an association with Latin ferrum. Verrel and virl derive from Latin viriola 鈥渟mall bracelet,鈥� from viria 鈥渂racelet,鈥� a word of Gaulish (continental Celtic) origin. As we learned from the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day cathartic, it is rather common to see folk etymology鈥攕pelling and pronunciation changes based on associations with unrelated words鈥攁t work in many languages. In English, folk etymology explains the spelling changes in words such as ferrule as well as author (by influence of authentic), gridiron (by influence of iron), and rosemary (by influence of rose and the name Mary). Ferrule was first recorded circa 1610.
how is ferrule used?
The ferrules on half his brushes had cracked, because they were cheap鈥攁 good ferrule was seamless, because the wooden handle absorbed water and cheap seamed metal would split …. When the nickel-plated ferrule finally broke, he鈥檇 repaired it with cotton strips, but it was practically useless now.
Having pulled off the loose ferrule from his newly-purchased cane, he bored a hole in the bottom of it with the spike end of the file. Then, using the latter as a broach, he enlarged the hole until only a narrow rim of the bottom was left. He next rolled up a small ball of cottonwool and pushed it into the ferrule; and having smeared the end of the cane with elastic glue, he replaced the ferrule, warming it over the gas to make the glue stick.
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cenote
noun
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath.
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Cenote 鈥渁 deep natural well or sinkhole鈥� is a loanword from Mexican Spanish and derives from the word 迟锄鈥檕苍辞迟 in the Yucatec Mayan language. A common misconception is that Mayan is a single language, but it is in fact a language family comprising at least 20 languages that are spoken primarily in Belize, Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico. Yucatec Mayan is one of the best-known Mayan languages and has hundreds of thousands of speakers today in the Yucat谩n Peninsula of Mexico, while Quich茅 (also K鈥檌che鈥�) is the most spoken Mayan tongue, with more than 1 million speakers in Guatemala. Though the Mayan languages share numerous grammatical features with other language families found in Mesoamerica, these similarities are most likely the result of language contact rather than a shared origin. Cenote was first recorded in English circa 1840.
how is cenote used?
A wooden canoe used by the ancient Maya and believed to be over 1,000 years old has turned up in southern Mexico .鈥� The extremely rare canoe was found almost completely intact, submerged in a fresh-water pool known as a cenote, thousands of which dot Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, near the ruins of Chichen Itza, once a major Maya city featuring elaborately carved temples and towering pyramids.
At the cenote, the water was unbelievably calm and clear enough to reveal some of the underwater formations. The cave’s watery entrance beckoned鈥攄ark and forbidding, and yet somehow inviting. We were eager to break the smooth surface…
cenote
诲茅尘辞诲茅
adjective
no longer in fashion; out of date; outmoded.
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顿茅尘辞诲茅 鈥渘o longer in fashion鈥� is a borrowing of the past participle of the French verb 诲茅尘辞诲别谤 鈥渢o put out of fashion.鈥� 顿茅尘辞诲别谤 is based on the noun mode 鈥渇ashion,鈥� which also appears in the expression 脿 la mode, which in English often means 鈥渟erved with a scoop of ice cream鈥� but literally translates as 鈥渋n the fashion.鈥� French mode derives from Latin modus, a word with a wide range of meanings, such as 鈥渕anner,鈥� 鈥渕easure,鈥� 鈥渓imit,鈥� and even 鈥渞hythm.鈥� To see the 鈥渕anner鈥� sense in action, compare the Latin-origin phrases modus operandi (or M.O.) 鈥渙ne鈥檚 usual way of doing something鈥� and modus vivendi 鈥渓颈蹿别蝉迟测濒别.鈥� 顿茅尘辞诲茅 was first recorded in the late 19th century.
how is 诲茅尘辞诲茅 used?
Researchers who study the structure and evolution of the American family express unsullied astonishment at how rapidly the family has changed in recent years, the transformations often exceeding or capsizing those same experts鈥� predictions of just a few journal articles ago …. Also 诲茅尘辞诲茅 is the old debate over whether mothers of dependent children should work outside the home …. [T]he issue is settled, and Paycheck Mommy is now a central organizing principle of the modern American family. The share of mothers employed full or part time has quadrupled since the 1950s and today accounts for nearly three-quarters of women with children at home.
By the late 1950s, American women were tired of being swathed in cumbersome layers. According to [Coco] Chanel, they were ready for the relaxed waist … of the modern silhouette even before the French. She rushed to fill the void that her American designer counterparts hadn鈥檛, commenting, 鈥淭hey鈥檝e been offering women [garments] which made it impossible to walk or run. American women refused these before Frenchwomen, because American women are more practical ….聽 They walk, they run.鈥� What was already 诲茅尘辞诲茅 in Paris was actually long overdue in the States.
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