51吃瓜 of the Day
musaceous
adjective
of or relating to the fruit of the tropical treelike plants of the banana family, especially bananas and plantains.
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Musaceous 鈥渙f or relating to the fruit of the banana family鈥� comes from New Latin Musa, the name of the genus to which bananas belong, plus the suffixes -aceae 鈥渕ade of, resembling鈥� and -ous 鈥渇ull of.鈥� Musa is adapted from Arabic mawzah 鈥渂anana鈥� and, before that, perhaps Sanskrit 尘辞肠补岣�. One interesting proposal is that Musa ultimately comes from an unidentified language once spoken in what is now Indonesia. In contrast, the English word banana comes via Portuguese or Spanish likely from a Niger-Congo language, much like the recent 51吃瓜s of the Day capoeira and mbira, though the specific origin is still uncertain. Musaceous was first recorded in English in the early 1850s.
how is musaceous used?
Now there grows among all the rooms, replacing the night’s old smoke, alcohol and sweat, the fragile, musaceous odor of Breakfast: flowery, permeating, surprising, more than the color of winter sunlight 鈥� so the same assertion-through-structure allows this war morning鈥檚 banana fragrance to meander, repossess, prevail.
Q-Jo put a plantain phalanx to your lips, issued a brief, derisive chortle .鈥� She rapped the deck with the same musaceous digit she had employed to shush you. “A crystal ball, this is not, and you damn well ought to be glad about it.鈥�
amendatory
adjective
serving to alter, improve, or rectify; corrective.
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Amendatory 鈥渟erving to alter鈥� is an Americanism based on Late Latin 脓尘别苍诲腻迟艒谤颈耻蝉, with the 脓- swapped out with the a- from amend. The source of all these words is the Latin verb 脓尘别苍诲腻谤别 鈥渢o correct,鈥� equivalent to 脓 (or ex) 鈥渙ut of, from鈥� plus menda 鈥渂lemish, fault, mistake.鈥� Latin menda is also the source of three English words with a broad range of senses: mend 鈥渢o make usable by repairing,鈥� mendacious 鈥渢elling lies鈥� (via Latin 尘别苍诲腻虫 鈥渓ying鈥�), and mendicant 鈥渂egging鈥� (via Latin 尘别苍诲墨肠耻蝉 鈥渘别别诲测鈥�). Amendatory was first recorded in English in the 1780s.
how is amendatory used?
I have been considering the understanding of the question manifested by the framers of the original Constitution. In and by the original instrument, a mode was provided for amending it; and, as I have already stated, the present frame of “the Government under which we live” consists of that original, and twelve amendatory articles framed and adopted since.
Mr [Pat] Quinn thinks the bill is 鈥渆xcessive,鈥� so may not go all in. But the state’s finances are down to the felt, with the deficit expected to hit $11 billion. Most likely, he would tweak the bill with an 鈥�amendatory veto,鈥� taking out the elements he dislikes.
xenial
adjective
warm, welcoming, and hospitable.
More about xenial
Xenial 鈥渨elcoming and hospitable鈥� comes from the Ancient Greek noun 虫别苍铆补 鈥渉辞蝉辫颈迟补濒颈迟测.鈥� 齿别苍铆补, the element xenon, the name of the warrior princess Xena, and the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day euxinia all come from Ancient Greek 虫茅苍辞蝉 鈥渟tranger, guest.鈥� 齿茅苍辞蝉 may be a distant relative of English guest (from Old Norse gestr), hospitable and hostel (from Latin hospes 鈥済uest, visitor, host鈥�), and hostile (from Latin hostis 鈥渟tranger, enemy鈥�). Note that xenial is not to be confused with the unrelated term xennial, which denotes people born in the late 1970s and early 1980s, on the cusp of Generations X and Y. Xenial was first recorded in English in the 1790s.
how is xenial used?
鈥溾赌�Xenial鈥� is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to a stranger …. I know that having a good vocabulary doesn鈥檛 guarantee that I鈥檓 a good person,鈥� the boy said. 鈥淏ut it does mean I鈥檝e read a great deal. And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil鈥� …. [T]hey had to admit that they preferred to take their chances with a stranger who knew what the word “xenial” meant, rather than exiting the cave and trying to find the headquarters all by themselves.
Xenial (pronounced ZEE-nial) relations, friendly communicating relations, transpire among many neurons throughout many parts of the brain …. Red-perceiving neurons and ribbon-perceiving neurons are getting together, communing, enjoying xenial relations, rather like people at a cocktail party going yackety-yak.