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More about melic
Melic comes from the Greek adjective 尘别濒颈办贸蝉 鈥渓yric (poetry, poet),鈥� a derivative of the noun 尘茅濒辞蝉 鈥渓imb (of a body), member, musical member, musical phrase, music, song.鈥� Melic is not a common word, unlike its cousin melody, from 尘茅濒辞蝉 and 艒颈诲岣� 鈥渟ong鈥� (the source of English ode). Melic entered English at the end of the 17th century.
how is melic used?
… anapaests are commonly used either as a sung form, “melic anapaests”, or chanted, a form sometimes called “marching anapaests.”
The earliest discussions call this kind of verse 鈥�melic鈥� (the Greek聽melos聽means 鈥榮ong鈥�), and roughly distinguish sung poems from epic and tragedy.
animus
noun
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
More about animus
In Latin the noun animus has many meanings: 鈥渢he mind (as opposed to the body), the mind (or soul) that with the body constitutes a person, the mind as the seat of consciousness, the immortal part of a person (the soul)鈥�.鈥� Animus comes from the same Proto-Indo-European source (补苍讫– 鈥渢o breathe鈥�) as Greek 谩苍别尘辞蝉 鈥渢he wind.鈥� The modern sense 鈥渟trong dislike, enmity鈥� is a development within English, appearing only at the end of the 18th century.
how is animus used?
This time, it鈥檚 not a border wall or a health care proposal driving the animus, but an online ad for a men鈥檚 razor, because, of course.
Second, people should not let their animus toward him鈥攁nd his animus toward the truth鈥攖rick them into trafficking in conspiracy theories.
tergiversate
verb
to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
More about tergiversate
Tergiversate comes from the Latin verb 迟别谤驳颈惫别谤蝉腻谤墨 鈥渢o keep turning one鈥檚 back on a task, show reluctance.鈥� The Latin noun tergum means 鈥渂ack (of a human or animal),鈥� and the verb 惫别谤蝉腻谤墨 鈥渢o keep moving about鈥� is a derivative of vertere 鈥渢o turn.鈥� Tergiversate entered English in the 17th century.
how is tergiversate used?
The nominees will equivocate and tergiversate. They will never engage.
I can sense a growing concentricity in my manner of thinking, a desire to circle back on my own thoughts, to tergiversate, to animadvert, to extemporise.