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palmary
adjective
having or deserving to have the palm of victory or success; praiseworthy.
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The adjective palmary, 鈥渄eserving the palm of victory; praiseworthy,鈥� comes from the Latin adjective and noun 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉. As an adjective, 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉 means 鈥減ertaining to palm trees鈥�; as a neuter noun, 辫补濒尘腻谤颈耻尘 means 鈥渕asterpiece, masterstroke,鈥� and somewhat less nobly, 鈥渢he fee for an advocate who wins his case.鈥� 笔补濒尘腻谤颈耻蝉 is a derivative of the noun palma 鈥減alm (of the hand); the width of a palm (as a measurement); palm tree (so called from the shape of its leaves); a palm branch awarded to the winner in a contest, first place.鈥� Palma comes from an earlier, unrecorded palama, from Proto-Indo-European 辫岣飞檓腻, and is closely related to Greek 辫补濒谩尘脓 鈥渉and, flat of the hand, means, device,鈥� and also to Old Irish 濒腻尘 (Proto-Celtic loses initial p-), Old High German folma (Proto-Indo-European p becomes f in Proto-Germanic), and Old English folm, all meaning 鈥渉and, flat of the hand.鈥� Palmary entered English in the mid-17th century.
how is palmary used?
One of Mr. Seitz’s gifts is his culinary vision, and his successes are palmary.
Her book is, in fact, a palmary example of a new phenomenon in scholarly publishing, the avowedly imaginative reconstruction of a historical figure鈥檚 life and world.
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matzo
noun
unleavened bread in the form of large crackers, typically square and corrugated, eaten during Passover.
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Most Americans are familiar with matzo 鈥渦nleavened bread in the form of large crackers,鈥� because food stores routinely stock matzo on their shelves, especially just before Passover, which occurs in the early spring. Matzo comes via Yiddish matse (plural matses) from Hebrew 尘补峁ａ梗腻丑 (plural 尘补峁ａ梗艒迟丑). 惭补峁ａ梗腻丑 comes from a West Semitic root meaning 鈥渢o be or become sour, ferment.鈥� Matzo entered English in the mid-17th century.
how is matzo used?
Every spring, we piled into the station wagon with my dad, who drove miles in search of a grocery store that sold Passover food. In a larger town, twenty minutes away, we could usually find a few Manischewitz products on a bottom shelf鈥攁 dusty jar of borscht, a tin of macaroons, a box of matzo. That orange-and-green logo was a beacon.
At its most traditional, matzo is made from just flour and water. But adding a little salt for flavor and olive oil for richness yields an airy, tender matzo that鈥檚 easy to make.
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fustigate
verb (used with object)
to criticize harshly; castigate.
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The English verb fustigate, 鈥渢o criticize harshly; scold severely,鈥� comes from Late Latin 蹿耻蝉迟墨驳腻迟耻蝉, the past participle of the verb 蹿耻蝉迟墨驳腻谤别 鈥渢o beat to death with a cudgel.鈥� 贵耻蝉迟墨驳腻谤别 is a compound of the noun fustis “a stick, club, cudgel鈥� and the combining form –颈驳腻谤别, a derivative of the simple, much overworked Latin verb agere 鈥渢o do, act.鈥� The same combining form appears in l墨t颈驳腻谤别 鈥渢o go to law,鈥� source of English litigate and litigation; f奴m颈驳腻谤别 鈥渢o smoke,鈥� source of English fumigate and fumigation; and n膩v颈驳腻谤别 鈥渢o travel by ship, sail,鈥� English navigate and navigation. Fustigate entered English in the mid-17th century.
how is fustigate used?
He fustigates them energetically a few years later for their political affiliations, their efforts to bring about a social revolution, their commitment to the physical, whereas, according to Artaud, the great revolution must be a revolution of the spirit, a metamorphosis of what he called the soul.
He fustigates only those propositions that go against the evidence in the service of an undeniable initial lie.
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