51吃瓜 of the Day
More about gamboge
Gamboge, 鈥測ellow-orange,鈥� comes from New Latin gambogium, a gum resin from trees of the genus Garcinia that is made into a yellow pigment or dye, also called gamboge. Gambogium is a variant of Cambogia 鈥淐ambodia,鈥� which comes from the Khmer name 碍芒尘辫怒肠丑茅补. The name 碍芒尘辫怒肠丑茅补 allegedly derives from Kambu, the name of the legendary founder of Kamboja, which is a kingdom that flourished in what is now India about 2500 years ago. Gamboge was first recorded in English circa 1630.
how is gamboge used?
I鈥檓 thinking gamboge: ‘My husband is very confident about my color sense. It is powerful, if I say so myself’ …. [Theresa] Rebeck was in charge of what went into the spaces and what went on the walls.
“That’s a lovely shade of nail varnish 鈥�. What color would you say it is?鈥� 鈥�. “Tropical topaz? 鈥�. I wouldn’t have thought topaz so much as amber” 鈥� “I’d say more gamboge than amber.”
saponify
verb (used without object)
to become converted into soap.
More about saponify
Saponify, 鈥渢o become converted into soap,鈥� is based on Latin 蝉腻辫艒 (stem 蝉腻辫艒n-) 鈥渟oap鈥� and the combining form -ify, from Latin facere (stems fac-, fact-, -fect, and -fic-) 鈥渢o do, make.鈥� 厂腻辫艒 is the source of the word for 鈥渟oap鈥� in many Romance languages, from French savon and Italian sapone to Portuguese 蝉补产茫辞 and Spanish 箩补产贸苍. Latin 蝉腻辫艒 is an early borrowing from Frankish, a Germanic language once spoken in what is now France, which makes 蝉腻辫艒 a close relative of English soap and a distant relative of Latin 蝉脓产耻尘 鈥渢allow, grease鈥� (as in sebaceous). Saponify was first recorded in English circa 1820.
how is saponify used?
They can sometimes saponify, where the body fats literally turn into a soaplike substance, but that takes quite a while鈥搈onths鈥搒o I doubt it has happened here.
Soap was rarely used, apart from washing one’s clothes, and they were made from wood ash lye to saponify animal fat. The resultant odor was not much better than body odor before bath. Thankfully, they added rose petals to the bathwater.
radiant
adjective
bright with joy, hope, etc.
More about radiant
Radiant, 鈥渂right with joy and hope,鈥� is based on Latin 谤补诲颈腻苍蝉 鈥渟hining,鈥� the present participle of the verb 谤补诲颈腻谤别 鈥渢o radiate light, shine,鈥� which is based on the noun radius 鈥渂eam, ray.鈥� Radius is also the source of radian, radio, radium, and ray. While English uses -ing to mark its present participles (seeing, going), as we learned from the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day gallantly, Latin uses -腻苍蝉, -脓苍蝉, or -颈脓苍蝉鈥攄epending on the type of verb鈥攆or the same purpose. For phonetic reasons, the stems of these three Latin endings swap the s for t, which is how Latin 谤补诲颈腻苍蝉 becomes English radiant, 辫耻苍驳脓苍蝉 鈥減iercing鈥� becomes pungent, and 肠辞苍惫别苍颈脓苍蝉 鈥渃oming together鈥� becomes convenient. Radiant was first recorded in English in the late 15th century.
how is radiant used?
To align with a California beauty company committed to natural ingredients through sustainable means feels spot-on for a wellness-minded, preternaturally radiant person like [Logan] Browning.
In her later years, [Queen Elizabeth II] seemed to soften, her smile more radiant, surrounded by adoring grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but rewind over 70 years and she was a force to be reckoned with.