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Inimical 鈥渦nfriendly, hostile鈥� comes from the Late Latin adjective 颈苍颈尘墨肠腻濒颈蝉, first used by the 5th-century Christian author Sidonius Apollinaris, a major political, diplomatic, literary, and religious figure of Gaul (now France, more or less)鈥攊ndeed, of the Western Roman Empire. Sidonius Apollinaris had the delicate task of balancing the waning power of the Roman emperor against the rising power of the new Gothic kingdom comprising most of France and Spain, while at the same time also avoiding religious controversy. 滨苍颈尘墨肠腻濒颈蝉 is a derivative of the noun 颈苍颈尘墨肠耻蝉, a compound of the negative prefix in– 鈥渘ot, un-鈥� and a form of 补尘墨肠耻蝉 鈥渇riend鈥�; unsurprisingly an 颈苍颈尘墨肠耻蝉 is an 鈥渦nfriend.鈥� Inimical entered English in the second half of the 17th century.
how is inimical used?
I rolled over and tried to get back to sleep, but I kept seeing faces鈥攖he highway robber’s inimical glare, the kid’s grin, the mother’s distorted mouth and wild eyes.
In 1960, the CIA said 6,500 objects had been reported to the U.S. Air Force over the prior 13 years. The Air Force concluded there was no evidence those sightings were 鈥�inimical or hostile鈥� or related to 鈥渋nterplanetary space ships,鈥� the CIA said.
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farraginous
adjective
heterogeneous; mixed.
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The adjective farraginous 鈥渉eterogeneous; mixed鈥� ultimately comes from the Latin noun 蹿补谤谤腻驳艒 (inflectional stem 蹿补谤谤腻驳颈苍-) 鈥渕ixed grains” (used for animal feed). 贵补谤谤腻驳辞 is a compound of far (inflectional stem farr-) 鈥渉usked wheat, emmer鈥� and the noun-forming suffix –腻驳艒 (stem 腻驳颈苍-). Other derivatives of far include 蹿补谤墨苍补 鈥渕eal, flour鈥� (English farina) and its adjective 蹿补谤墨苍腻肠别耻蝉 (English farinaceous). Far comes from the Proto-Indo-European root bhers– or bhares– 鈥渂arley,鈥� source of Old Icelandic barr 鈥済rain, barley鈥� and Old English bere, which forms the first syllable of modern English barley. Farraginous entered English in the first half of the 17th century.
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In general we suspect that the simpler the pasta dish, the more successful it is likely to be. … But fancier linguine alla grana (whole wheat pasta) was a disaster, a farraginous mound with bits of filet mignon and mushrooms in a fatty brown sauce.
For being a confusion of knaves and fools, and a farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages, it is but natural if their determinations be monstrous and many ways inconsistent with truth.
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estivate
verb (used without object)
to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
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Estivate has two main senses: 鈥渢o spend the summer at a specific place or in a certain activity鈥� (as at the beach or in the mountains), and a zoological sense, 鈥渢o spend a season in a dormant state, as certain reptiles and small mammals鈥� (the 鈥渙pposite,鈥� as it were, of hibernate). Estivate comes from Latin 补别蝉迟墨惫腻迟耻蝉, the past participle of 补别蝉迟墨惫腻谤别 鈥渢o reside during the summer.鈥� 础别蝉迟墨惫腻谤别 is a derivative of the adjective 补别蝉迟墨惫耻蝉 鈥渙f or relating to summer; summery,鈥� itself a derivative of the noun 补别蝉迟腻蝉 鈥渟ummer.鈥� The Proto-Indo-European root behind the Latin words is ai– 鈥渢o burn,鈥� which is also the source of Latin aestus 鈥渉eat, hot weather, hot season,鈥� 补别诲脓蝉 鈥渄welling place, abode, home鈥� (because it was heated), and aedificium 鈥渁 building鈥� (English edifice). Two other derivatives, 补别诲颈蹿颈肠腻谤别 鈥渢o erect a building,鈥� and 补别诲颈蹿颈肠腻迟颈艒 鈥渢he act or process of erecting a building; the building itself,鈥� in Christian Latin developed the senses 鈥渢o develop spiritually, improve the soul鈥� (and 鈥渟piritual growth鈥� for the noun), in current English edify and edification, which nowadays have nothing at all to do with the building trades. Estivate entered English in the first half of the 17th century.
how is estivate used?
The curious thing is that Long Island, even for those who estivate there, does not have the glamour of a goingaway place. When I ask friends what they are going to do for the summer, some say that they are going to the mountains, or to the country, or to New England. But there is a certain hesitancy about describing the Island.
There are three theories which serve partially鈥攐nly partially鈥攖o explain the remoteness of Dulles International Airport. … The second is that the Kennedy clan, who estivate in or near Middleburg, Va., can come galloping more conveniently over the hills with Caroline to see relatives off.
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