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It鈥檚 easy to imagine how glitz is related to the word glitter, but the two words share a far deeper origin: the Proto-Indo-European root 驳拾别濒- 鈥渢o shine.鈥� This root crops up in at least a dozen brightness- and vision-related words, including glance, glare, glass, glaze, gleam, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glisten, glister, gloss, and glow, and is also the source of many light color names, such as gold and yellow in English and 办丑濒艒谤贸蝉 鈥済reenish-yellow鈥� in Ancient Greek, from which chlorophyll is derived. Glitz entered English in the 1970s, which is surprisingly recent.
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Yet much of the glitz may be just that鈥�glitz. Survey data and experts suggest that students generally appreciate libraries most for their simple, traditional offerings: a quiet place to study or collaborate on a group project, the ability to print research papers, and access to books.
On the surface, I had almost nothing in common with Ann. I was a 39-year-old, geeky freelancer living in suburban New Jersey, far from the glitz and glamour of Tokyo. I was long past the carefree attitude of a high schooler and was a very, very far cry from ever belonging on a runway.
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cathartic
adjective
of or relating to the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
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Cathartic comes via Latin from Ancient Greek 办补迟丑补谤迟颈办贸蝉 鈥渇it for cleansing,鈥� from the adjective 办补迟丑补谤贸蝉 鈥減ure鈥� or 鈥渃lean.鈥� The name Catherine is often claimed to derive from 办补迟丑补谤贸蝉, but this is folk etymology; while the words look and sound similar, they have different, unrelated origins. A true derivative of 办补迟丑补谤贸蝉 is the term Catharism, the name of a sect of Christianity that flourished in the south of France during the Middle Ages and held as one of its fundamental beliefs the existence of two equal, opposing gods rather than a single, all-powerful deity. Cathartic entered English in the early 1600s.
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We watched the film together and slowly I just started to see my mom starting to weep, my sister, my dad. And it just felt like it was such a cathartic experience for all of us. It was really special, really incredible.
I鈥檇 be having a bad day and I鈥檇 write about how I鈥檓 feeling, with tears in my eyes. It was like writing in my diary, but making it into a song. It was cathartic for me.
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lucubrate
verb (used without object)
to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
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Lucubrate derives from the Latin verb 濒奴肠耻产谤腻谤别 鈥渢o work at night鈥� or, more specifically, 鈥渢o work by candlelight/lamplight,鈥� from the Proto-Indo-European root lewk- 鈥渓ight,鈥� which is the source of many Latin-derived words related to light, clarity, and brightness. From the verb 濒奴肠脓谤别 鈥渢o shine,鈥� we inherit lucid and translucent; from the verb 濒奴蝉迟谤腻谤别 鈥渢o make bright,鈥� we have adapted luster and illustrate; and from the noun 濒奴尘别苍 鈥渓ight,鈥� we have luminous and illuminate. This Proto-Indo-European root is also found in the English terms light and lea, another word for 鈥渕eadow鈥�; Latin 濒奴苍补 鈥渕oon鈥�; and Ancient Greek 濒别耻办贸蝉 鈥渨hite,鈥� as in leukocyte, the technical term for a white blood cell. Lucubrate entered English in the early 1600s.
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While I was confident in my education to this point鈥攁fter a full course of study at Tokyo Imperial University, I came first to Harvard and then M.I.T. for advanced work because I wanted a modern outlook on architecture, a Western outlook, and I was willing to work all day and lucubrate till dawn to get it鈥擨 was coming to Taliesin on impulse.
Some gorge on other poetry and ruminate productively: some interrogate the canon. Some regurgitate. Some over-lucubrate with dictionaries. Some wax Latinate.
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