51吃瓜 of the Day
ignimbrite
noun
a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting mainly of welded shards of feldspar and quartz.
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Ignimbrite is a compound of two Latin words: ignis, meaning 鈥渇ire,鈥� and imber, meaning 鈥渞ain, shower.鈥� Ignis is the source of igneous, ignition, and the 51吃瓜 of the Day ignescent, all of which involve fire and heat. Geologist Patrick Marshall coined ignimbrite in 1932.
EXAMPLE OF IGNIMBRITE USED IN A SENTENCE
The geologists chiseled out a block of ignimbrite to study an ancient volcanic eruption.
czardas
noun
a Hungarian national dance in two movements, one slow and the other fast.
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Czardas is a slight alteration of Hungarian 肠蝉谩谤诲谩蝉, from 肠蝉谩谤诲补 鈥渨ayside tavern, inn.鈥� 颁蝉谩谤诲谩蝉 comes from Persian 肠丑腻谤迟腻办, 鈥渇our-cornered room,鈥� in which the 肠丑腻谤- element, meaning 鈥渇our,鈥� is a distant relative of English four, Latin quattuor, and Ancient Greek 迟茅蝉蝉别谤别蝉, as in the 51吃瓜 of the Day tessellate. Czardas was first recorded in English in the late 1850s.
EXAMPLE OF CZARDAS USED IN A SENTENCE
Dresses swirled and feathered hats spun as the czardas picked up in tempo.
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Nincompoop has a history as unusual as its meaning. One hypothesis includes connections to the Latin phrase non compos (mentis), meaning 鈥渘ot of sound (mind).鈥� Alternatively, nincompoop could simply be an elaboration based on ninny, which may come from innocent. Nincompoop was first recorded in English in the 1670s.
EXAMPLE OF NINCOMPOOP USED IN A SENTENCE
The emperor certainly came across as a nincompoop as he paraded around in his 鈥渘ew clothes.鈥�