adverb
with great care or caution; warily.
Despite the similar spelling and pronunciation, gingerly with great care or caution has nothing to do with the spicy root ginger. Gingerly is of uncertain origin but may come from Middle French gensor delicate, pretty (from gent gentle) combined with English -ly, an adjective- and adverb-forming suffix. The ultimate source of gensor is either the Latin verb gignere (stem genit-) to beget or the Latin noun 眶襲紳莽 (stem gent-) race, people. In contrast, ginger comes via Latin from Ancient Greek 堝勳紳眶穩莉梗娶勳莽, perhaps by way of Sanskrit 廜廜眶硃措梗娶硃鳥 or Pali 莽勳廜g勳措梗娶硃鳥 from a Dravidian language; compare Malayalam and Tamil 勳簽釵勳 g勳紳眶梗娶. Gingerly was first recorded in English in the 1510s.
I felt the arm gingerly through his shirtno compound fractures. I rolled it up carefully for a better look …. I bit my lip, feeling gingerly down the swell of his biceps. He had one of the worst bruises I had ever seen.
noun
a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity.
Phoenix, a person who has become restored after suffering calamity, comes from Ancient Greek 梯堯棗簾紳勳單, which refers to the mythical bird, and this is where matters become murky. One popular proposal in the linguistic community is that 梯堯棗簾紳勳單 comes from Ancient Egyptian bnw, the name of a heron represented as the god Benu. An alternative theorya less broadly accepted oneis based on the fact that Ancient Greek had four 梯堯棗簾紳勳單 words, meaning phoenix, Phoenician, dark red, and date palm, respectively. According to this theory, all four words are one and the same, though whether these 梯堯棗簾紳勳單 words are of Indo-European, Semitic, or lost ancient Mediterranean origin is anyones guess. Phoenix was first recorded in English before 900.
The shell of St Michaels survives today, the intact steeple presiding over a Gothic amphitheatre, a still-consecrated place linked to its successor, Sir Basil Spences concrete-framed cathedral completed in 1962. This is a phoenix from the ashes, full of powerful modern stained glass.
Jiwoo is a tough girl whose world is turned upside down …. Her bereavement and anguish are a result of the emotional turmoil she experiences before and after her fathers death. But she is a fighter. Although humiliated and mistreated, she rises from the ashes like a phoenix.
Gamboge, yellow-orange, 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 Cambodia, which comes from the Khmer name 鬼璽鳥梯躑釵堯矇硃. The name 鬼璽鳥梯躑釵堯矇硃 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.
Im 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 . What color would you say it is? . “Tropical topaz? . I wouldn’t have thought topaz so much as amber” “I’d say more gamboge than amber.”