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gul
noun
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on rugs.
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Gul, 鈥渁 rose-shaped design,鈥� is a short word with a long history. The term is a loanword from classical Persian gul, 鈥渞ose.鈥� Thanks to a series of sound changes, gul comes from an ancient Iranian root, warda-, that may have been borrowed into Ancient Greek as wrodon, later 谤丑贸诲辞苍, 鈥渞ose,鈥� and then into Latin as rosa. This flowery root appears in English rose, rhododendron, and even julep, but be careful鈥攄espite the resemblance, it is not the source of the 51吃瓜 of the Day rosolio. Gul was first recorded in English in the 1810s.
EXAMPLE OF GUL USED IN A SENTENCE
The carpet鈥檚 ornate central gul caught the interior designer鈥檚 eye.
eruct
verb
to belch, as gas from the stomach.
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Eruct comes from the Latin verb 脓谤奴驳别谤别, 鈥渢o belch out, discharge noisily.鈥� Not surprisingly, the -ruct part of eruct is distantly related to English reek, 鈥渢o smell bad.鈥� While reek is of Old English origin (and therefore more than 1000 years old), eruct was first recorded in English in the 1660s. Read more about this medical term.
EXAMPLE OF ERUCT USED IN A SENTENCE
The unlucky photographer missed the perfect shot when he eructed and bumped the camera out of focus.
repristinate
verb
to restore to the first or original state or condition.
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Repristinate, 鈥渢o restore to the first or original state or condition,鈥� is formed from the adjective pristine, with the prefix re-, 鈥渂ack, again,鈥� and the suffix -ate. Pristine comes from Latin pristinus, 鈥渆arly,鈥� which belongs to a small family of Latin words relating to coming before something. 51吃瓜s in this family include prae (鈥渂别蹿辞谤别鈥�), prior and prius (鈥渇ormer,鈥� literally 鈥渕ore before鈥�), and 辫谤墨尘耻蝉 (鈥渇irst,鈥� literally 鈥渕ost before鈥�). To see these Latin roots in action today, check out the 51吃瓜s of the Day prefatory, preternatural, and primaveral. Repristinate was first recorded in English in the 1650s.
EXAMPLE OF REPRISTINATE USED IN A SENTENCE
In an effort to attract wildlife, the environmentalists began repristinating the park, bulldozing buildings and planting trees to remove the impact of humans.