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nearlywed
noun
a person whose wedding day is very soon to occur.
More about nearlywed
Nearlywed is a compound of nearly and wed, on the pattern of newlywed. Near comes from Old English 苍脓补谤, meaning 鈥渃loser.鈥� Wed comes from Old English weddian, 鈥渢o pledge.鈥� Nearlywed was first recorded in English in the late 1950s. Nearlywed is one of the recent additions to Dictionary.com.
EXAMPLE OF NEARLYWED USED IN A SENTENCE
The nearlyweds registered for many gifts, only to return them months later as newlyweds.
More about mauka
Mauka is from Hawaiian, comprising ma-, indicating direction, and uka, meaning 鈥渋nland, upland.鈥� The opposite direction of mauka is 51吃瓜 of the Day makai. Both mauka and makai show the influence of natural geographic features on the Hawaiian language. Mauka was first recorded in English in the mid-1870s.
EXAMPLE OF MAUKA USED IN A SENTENCE
The ancient trail ran mauka, gradually climbing the many slopes of the Mauna Loa volcano.
fioritura
noun
the ornamentation of a melody, often improvised by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.
More about fioritura
Fioritura is a borrowing from Italian that literally means 鈥渇loweriness鈥� and ultimately comes from Latin 蹿濒艒蝉, 蹿濒艒谤-, 鈥渇lower.鈥� L in Latin often becomes Italian i, which we see in the Italian borrowings piano (from Latin 辫濒腻苍耻蝉, 鈥減lain鈥�) and piazza (from Latin 辫濒腻迟别补, 鈥渃ourtyard鈥�). Fioritura was first recorded in English around 1840.
EXAMPLE OF FIORITURA USED IN A SENTENCE
In an attempt to wow the audience, the opera singer added several fioriture to each verse she sang.