51吃瓜 of the Day
尘辞颈谤茅
adjective
in silks or fabrics, presenting a watery or wavelike appearance.
More about 尘辞颈谤茅
惭辞颈谤茅, 鈥減resenting a watery or wavelike appearance,鈥� is a borrowing from French and means 鈥済iven a finish resembling moire.鈥� Moire is likely an adaptation of English mohair, which makes 尘辞颈谤茅 a reborrowing, or a word that is borrowed back into its language of origin, similar to anime and the 51吃瓜 of the Day 测茅-测茅. The term mohair comes via Italian from Arabic mukhayyar, 鈥渃hoice, chosen,鈥� from the verb khayyara, 鈥渢o choose.鈥� This means that mohair is not related to hair, although folk etymology may suggest it is.聽For more examples of folk etymology, take a look at the 51吃瓜s of the Day cathartic, eggcorn, and ferrule. 惭辞颈谤茅 was first recorded in English in the 1650s.
EXAMPLE OF MOIR脡 USED IN A SENTENCE
He saw 尘辞颈谤茅 patterns everywhere, even in insect screens rustling in the breeze.
mehndi
noun
the art or practice of painting elaborate patterns on the skin with henna.
More about mehndi
Mehndi, 鈥渢he art of painting patterns with henna,鈥� is a borrowing from Hindi. Hindi and numerous other languages of the Indian subcontinent (including Bengali, Marathi, and Punjabi) come from Sanskrit. In this way, the earliest known source of mehndi is Sanskrit 尘别苍诲丑墨 (also 尘别苍诲丑颈办腻), 鈥渢he henna plant,鈥� which is of uncertain origin. Today, although most languages that descended from Sanskrit聽are spoken in India and its adjacent countries, Romani is among a handful spoken elsewhere in Eurasia. Mehndi was first recorded in English in the late 1990s.
EXAMPLE OF MEHNDI USED IN A SENTENCE
Her sister practiced the beautiful, intricate patterns of mehndi on us.
decalcomania
noun
the art or process of transferring pictures or designs from specially prepared paper to wood, metal, glass, etc.
More about decalcomania
Decalcomania, 鈥渢he art of transferring pictures from paper to another medium,鈥� is adapted from French 诲茅肠补濒肠辞尘补苍颈别, equivalent to 诲茅肠补濒辩耻别谤, 鈥渢o transfer a tracing of,鈥� plus English -mania. The verb 诲茅肠补濒辩耻别谤 is based on Italian calcare, 鈥渢o stomp, trample,鈥� ultimately from Latin calx, 鈥渉eel.鈥� From this same source comes calque, also known as a loan translation. One common example of a calque is brainwashing (from Mandarin Chinese x菒 n菐o 鈥渢o wash the brain鈥�). For other words descended from Latin calx, check out the 51吃瓜s of the Day cantrip and inculcate. Decalcomania was first recorded in English in the early 1860s.
EXAMPLE OF DECALCOMANIA USED IN A SENTENCE
With the right materials, decalcomania can make images leap off the page and onto a variety of other surfaces.