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littoral
adjective
of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
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English littoral comes from the Latin adjective 濒颈迟迟辞谤腻濒颈蝉 (濒墨迟辞谤腻濒颈蝉 is more correct), a derivative of littor- (濒墨迟辞谤-), the inflectional stem of 濒墨迟耻蝉 (littus) 鈥渟hore, shoreline.鈥� In general littoral is used for technical subjects, e.g., geography, biology. The one exception is the common noun lido meaning 鈥渇ashionable beach resort,鈥� and the somewhat less fashionable 鈥減ublic open-air swimming pool.鈥� Lido comes directly from Venetian Italian Lido (di Venezia) (from Latin 濒墨迟耻蝉), the name of a sandbar or chain of sandy islands between the Lagoon of Venice and the Adriatic, the site of the annual Venice Film Festival. Littoral entered English in the 17th century.
how is littoral used?
The Center for Advanced Studies would be built–perhaps there was still some virgin littoral stretch and the building he envisaged could be nestled somewhere along this lake or the other–but there would be modifications in the plan.
In another hour the horns of motors began to blow down from the winding road along the low range of the Maures, which separates the littoral from true Proven莽al France.
calescent
adjective
growing warm; increasing in heat.
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The English adjective calescent comes directly from Latin calescent-, the inflectional stem of 肠补濒别蝉肠脓苍蝉, the present participle of the verb calescere 鈥渢o become warm or hot,鈥� a verb derivative of 肠补濒脓谤别 鈥渢o be warm or hot.鈥� In Latin the element -sc- in the present tense has inceptive force (i.e., 鈥淚 am beginning to x鈥�); thus the present tense of noscere (also gnoscere) means 鈥淚 get to know, I find out鈥� and is the source of English recognize, cognition, and other words. Calescent entered English in the early 19th century.
how is calescent used?
I’ve tested the misting fan鈥檚 potency in several clammy places, from subway stations to the congested, calescent queues at Disney World (where, on a stinking-hot day, I鈥檇 unwisely worn a boiler suit).
Otis’ earlier statements had been calm, but calescent anger foamed in him and was soon to explode.
normcore
noun
a fashion style or way of dressing characterized by ordinary, plain clothing with no designer names, often a reaction against trendy fashion.
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Normcore has the unpleasant feel of a neologism such as doublethink in George Orwell鈥檚 novel 1984. Normcore may be formed from norm (鈥渁 standard, the average level鈥�) or normal (鈥渃onforming to a standard鈥�); core may simply be from core (鈥渆ssential part鈥�) or be a shortening of hard-core (鈥涡苍肠辞尘辫谤辞尘颈蝉颈苍驳鈥�). Normcore entered English in 2014.
how is normcore used?
At first, I spotted just occasional forays into normcore: the rare cool kid wearing clothes as lukewarm as the last sips of deli coffee鈥攎ock turtlenecks with Tevas and Patagonia windbreakers; Uniqlo khakis with New Balance sneakers or Crocs and souvenir-stand baseball caps.
Never mind that she鈥檚 royalty, Kate is in the vanguard of something that鈥檚 a bit like normcore (deliberately dressing in an untrendy way), only bigger and broader, which henceforth shall be known as Katenorm.