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peduncle
noun
a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower.
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The English noun peduncle is a technical term in the biological sciences, meaning 鈥渁 stalk, flower stalk, stem.鈥� Peduncle comes from New Latin pedunculus, with the same meanings, a derivative of Latin 辫脓蝉 (inflectional stem ped-) 鈥渇oot鈥� and the suffix –unculus, a variant of –culus, used to form diminutives. Latin 辫脓蝉, ped– comes from the very widespread Proto-Indo-European root ped-, pod-, 辫脓诲-, 辫艒诲 鈥渇oot.鈥� The variant 辫艒诲– regularly becomes 蹿艒迟– in Proto-Germanic, 蹿艒迟us in Gothic, 蹿艒迟r in Old Icelandic, 蹿艒迟 in Old English, and foot in English. The variant pod– becomes pous (stem pod-) 鈥渇oot鈥� in Greek, and the preposition pod 鈥渦nder鈥� in Slavic. The Latin suffix –unculus is uncommon, but it also appears in Latin homunculus 鈥渉uman being, mere human being (as opposed to preternatural or supernatural beings or forces),鈥� English homunculus. Peduncle entered English in the early 18th century.
how is peduncle used?
A member of the iris family, the marica is sometimes known as walking iris because of the way it produces young plants from drooping peduncles (flower stalks).
On Monday, they [the cherry blossom buds] reached 鈥�peduncle elongation,鈥� which is the penultimate stage before the Tidal Basin is overwhelmed by both magnificent flowering trees and an onslaught of tourists.
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emulous
adjective
desirous of equaling or excelling.
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The English adjective emulous, 鈥渄esirous of equaling or excelling; jealous, envious,鈥� comes from Latin aemulus with the same meanings, both positive and negative. Aemulus is a Latin derivative of the rare Proto-Indo-European root aim-, im– 鈥渢o copy, imitate.鈥� From that same root Latin derives 颈尘腻驳艒 (inflectional stem 颈尘腻驳颈苍-) 鈥減icture, likeness, reflection (in a mirror),鈥� source of English image, imagine, and imago (a technical term in entomology and psychoanalysis), the Latin verb 颈尘颈迟腻谤墨 鈥渢o copy, reproduce, imitate,鈥� source of English imitate, imitation, and the Latin adjective 颈苍颈尘颈迟腻产颈濒颈蝉 鈥渦nable to be reproduced or copied, inimitable.鈥� Emulous entered English in the 14th century.
how is emulous used?
Tastefully emulous, Villard wanted his home to transcend its less fashionable location and magnify its owners through classical restraint rather than ostentatious display.
“Mr. Hareton is desirous of increasing his amount of knowledge,” I said, coming to his rescue. “He is not envious but emulous of your attainments鈥擧e’ll be a clever scholar in a few years!”
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abecedarian
adjective
arranged in alphabetical order.
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The English noun and adjective abecedarian has several closely related senses. As a noun, it means 鈥渟omeone learning the letters of the alphabet,鈥� and more loosely, 鈥渁 beginner in a field of learning.鈥� As an adjective, abecedarian means 鈥減ertaining to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order; elementary, rudimentary.鈥� Abecedarian comes from Medieval Latin 补产别肠别诲腻谤颈腻苍耻蝉, a derivative of Late Latin 补产别肠别诲腻谤颈耻蝉, an adjective and noun first used by St. Augustine of Hippo. As an adjective, 补产别肠别诲腻谤颈耻蝉 means 鈥減ertaining to the alphabet; alphabetical.鈥� As a masculine noun, 补产别肠别诲腻谤颈耻蝉 means 鈥渙ne learning the alphabet鈥�; the feminine noun 补产别肠别诲腻谤颈补 means 鈥渆lementary instruction,鈥� and the neuter noun 补产别肠别诲腻谤颈耻尘 鈥渢he alphabet.鈥� The noun abecedarium has been in English since the days of the Old English monk and scholar Byrhtferth of Ramsey, who used the word. In modern English abecedarium is a fairly technical word, meaning 鈥渁n ancient writing system using an alphabet,鈥� usually referring to the languages of ancient Italy (e.g., Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, Etruscan) and the many dialects and local alphabets of ancient Greece. Abecedarian in the sense 鈥渟omeone learning the letters of the alphabet鈥� entered English in the beginning of the 17th century.
how is abecedarian used?
It turns out that the shared element here is in the placement of the letters of each word: They are in abecedarian sequence, meaning the letters聽appear in alphabetical order, something more unusual than I first imagined.
But now that Pie鈥檚 name is set and done, the eyes of the Android naming community must turn to the real challenge: this year鈥檚 Android 10 Q release. We鈥檝e always known that, one day, we鈥檇 have to cross this road, given Google鈥檚 abecedarian naming conventions for Android, and with Google I/O 2019 right around the corner, it鈥檚 time to revisit this nomenclature nightmare to see what the possibilities are.
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