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Gramarye 鈥渙ccult learning鈥� is a doublet of grammar, and both derive via Old French gramaire and Latin gramatica from Ancient Greek 驳谤补尘尘补迟颈办岣� (迟茅肠丑苍脓) 鈥済rammatical (art),鈥� from 驳谤补尘尘补迟颈办贸蝉 鈥渒nowing one鈥檚 letters鈥� and earlier 驳谤谩尘尘补 鈥渓etter, something drawn; small weight.鈥� The story of how an ancient word for 鈥渓etter鈥� evolved into gramarye, grammar, and even glamour (via Scots) is full of semantic twists and turns. The sense 鈥渒nowledge of letters鈥� shifted to the broader definition of 鈥渢he study of how a language鈥檚 sentences are constructed,鈥� and this is the definition of grammar today. In the Middle Ages, because grammar was taught only among the upper classes, grammar became a symbol of general 鈥渉igher鈥� learning, which also included subjects such as astrology, magic, and the occult at the time. Glamour and gramarye are simply variants of grammar that kept this connection to magic, though glamour later shifted again to refer to enchantingly good looks. Gramarye was first recorded in English in the early 1300s.
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鈥淜now’st thou what thou look鈥檚t like, Sir Conrade, at this moment? Not like the politic and valiant Marquis of Montserrat鈥攏ot like him who would direct the Council of Princes, and determine the fate of empires鈥攂ut like a novice, who, stumbling upon a conjuration in his master’s book of gramarye, has raised the devil when he least thought of it, and now stands terrified at the spirit which appears before him.鈥�
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inculcate
verb (used with object)
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly.
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Inculcate 鈥渢o implant by repeated statement or admonition鈥� derives from the Latin verb 颈苍肠耻濒肠腻谤别 鈥渢o trample, impress, stuff in,鈥� a combination of the preposition in 鈥渋n鈥� and the noun calx (stem calc-) 鈥渉eel,鈥� which is also the source of calcaneus, the bone found in the heel. Calx is easily confused with its unrelated homonym calx 鈥渓imestone,鈥� though descendants of both words are often found today in educational settings: while inculcate, from calx 鈥渉eel,鈥� can refer to a teaching style, derivatives of calx 鈥渓imestone鈥� include chalk and, through a diminutive form meaning 鈥渟mall stone,鈥� calculus. Inculcate was first recorded in English in the mid-1500s.
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At an early age, when grammar school teachers were struggling to inculcate the lesson that effort was the main key to success in school, these future scribblers gave the obvious lie to this assertion. Where others read haltingly, they were plowing two grades ahead in the reading workbooks.
Jericho Brown considers how poets traverse the often long and chilly days, weeks, or months between poems. He begins by thinking about how the ideas of happiness (a short lived sensation) and joy (longer, deeper, and irrational) were inculcated in him through the church where he grew up.
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Weltanschauung
noun
a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
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Weltanschauung 鈥渁 comprehensive conception or image of the universe鈥� is a direct borrowing from German, in which the term is a compound of Welt 鈥渨orld鈥� and Anschauung 鈥减别谤肠别辫迟颈辞苍.鈥� Welt is a cognate of the English word world, and both come from a Germanic term, reconstructed as wer-ald-, that likely meant 鈥渁ge of man.鈥� The first half of wer-ald- can be found today in werewolf, literally 鈥渨olf man,鈥� and derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin vir 鈥渕an,鈥� the source of virile 鈥渕anly鈥� and triumvirate 鈥渁 group of three men.鈥� The second half of wer-ald- is related to old and elder and is distantly related to the first element of the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day alma mater. Weltanschauung was first recorded in English in the 1860s.
how is Weltanschauung used?
Holmes handles the tension successfully not only by applying his scientific principles to a case but also by seeing the case through the perspective of his Weltanschauung. He takes the crime, the criminal, the victim, the motive, the circumstances, and the other characters involved who gain or suffer from the crime, and he puts them all into the cauldron of his world-view. The product of that mixture emerges as his unique brand of justice.
The first immigrant organizations in my town鈥攅ven before there was a church鈥攚ere all Azorean Holy Ghost fraternal societies. That they still thrive is one of the things pointing to the century long love affair that Falmouth has had with the Azores and helps craft the Weltanschauung of the immigrants, their children, and even non-Portuguese in my town. It is a love affair that may not be symmetrical, but it is one that burns brightly from the side of those of us in Falmouth.
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