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Langlauf, 鈥渃ross-country skiing, cross-country skiing race,鈥� is a German compound noun formed from the adjective lang, cognate with English long, and the noun Lauf 鈥渞un,鈥� related to English leap (from the Old English noun 丑濒测虅辫) and lope. Langlauf entered English in the 1920s.
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“Haven’t you got a boat that’ll cut through the ice?” … “It’s too thick to get through. Langlauf is the easiest way by far.”
Pontresina, a picture-book village tucked just around the mountain from imperious St. Moritz, turns out to be one of the best places in the world to do cross-country skiing鈥攐r langlauf as it鈥檚 known.
synonymous
adjective
equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea; having the character of synonyms or a synonym.
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Synonymous comes from the Medieval Latin adjective 蝉测苍艒苍测尘耻蝉, from Greek 蝉测苍峁搉测尘辞蝉 鈥渉aving the same name and nature and definition,鈥� a term that Aristotle uses in his logical system. 厂测苍峁搉测尘辞蝉 is a compound of the preposition and prefix syn, syn– 鈥渨ith, together with鈥� and the noun 贸苍测尘补, 贸苍辞尘补 鈥渘ame, word, noun.鈥� The English metaphysical poet John Donne is the first writer credited with using synonymous in English in 1610.
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But for a while there, Netflix was on its way to being like Kleenex or Coke鈥攁 brand name that becomes synonymous with an entire product (in this case, streaming video).
Over time, Instagram became synonymous聽with artfully posed, aspirational photos of everyday life.
riposte
noun
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
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Riposte, earlier risposte, in its 鈥渟ocial鈥� sense 鈥渁 quick, sharp return in speech or action鈥� and its fencing sense 鈥渁 quick thrust given after parrying a lunge,鈥� comes via French from Old Italian risposta 鈥渞esponse, reply鈥� (13th century), which by the mid-16th century had developed its fencing sense. Risposta is a (feminine) noun use of the past participle of the verb rispondere 鈥渢o answer,鈥� from an unattested Vulgar Latin verb respondere, from Latin 谤别蝉辫辞苍诲脓谤别 鈥渢o speak in answer to, answer, answer back鈥� (the Latin verb has no 鈥渢ouch茅鈥� sense associated with it). Risposte entered English in the early 18th century, riposte a century later.
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George stands humiliated as laughter fills the room, his mind searching frantically for the perfect riposte.
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, in an annual letter to shareholders, argued that Amazon鈥檚 growth has benefited its third-party merchants鈥攁 veiled riposte to calls to break up the company.