51吃瓜 of the Day
repristinate
verb
to restore to the first or original state or condition.
More about repristinate
Repristinate, 鈥渢o restore to the first or original state or condition,鈥� is formed from the adjective pristine, with the prefix re-, 鈥渂ack, again,鈥� and the suffix -ate. Pristine comes from Latin pristinus, 鈥渆arly,鈥� which belongs to a small family of Latin words relating to coming before something. 51吃瓜s in this family include prae (鈥渂别蹿辞谤别鈥�), prior and prius (鈥渇ormer,鈥� literally 鈥渕ore before鈥�), and 辫谤墨尘耻蝉 (鈥渇irst,鈥� literally 鈥渕ost before鈥�). To see these Latin roots in action today, check out the 51吃瓜s of the Day prefatory, preternatural, and primaveral. Repristinate was first recorded in English in the 1650s.
EXAMPLE OF REPRISTINATE USED IN A SENTENCE
In an effort to attract wildlife, the environmentalists began repristinating the park, bulldozing buildings and planting trees to remove the impact of humans.
tenacious
adjective
holding together; not easily pulled asunder; tough.
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Tenacious, 鈥渘ot easily pulled asunder; tough,鈥� is based on the noun tenacity and the suffix -ous, 鈥渇ull of.鈥� Tenacity comes from Latin 迟别苍腻虫 (stem 迟别苍腻肠-), 鈥渉olding fast,鈥� from the verb 迟别苍脓谤别, 鈥渢o hold.鈥� 罢别苍脓谤别 has three common stems in English: ten- (as in lieutenant, tenable, and tenor) and -tin- (as in continue and retinue) as well as -tain (as in abstain, attain, and maintain) by way of French. Tenacious was first recorded in English circa 1605.
EXAMPLE OF TENACIOUS USED IN A SENTENCE
The team remained tenacious even as their rivals came closer and closer to winning the game.
peri
noun
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels.
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Peri, 鈥渁 fairylike being of Persian mythology,鈥� comes from Persian 辫补谤墨, 鈥渇airy,鈥� which evolved from 辫补颈谤颈办腻, 鈥渨itch,鈥� in Avestan, a long-extinct language of southwestern Asia. Though p in most Indo-European languages tends to correspond to English f, peri is not related to fairy, which derives by way of Old French from Latin. However, it is interesting to note that, just as peri evolved in sense from 鈥渨itch鈥� to 鈥渇airy,鈥� an earlier sense of fairy in Old French was 鈥渆nchantment, witchcraft.鈥� Peri was first recorded in English in the 1770s.
EXAMPLE OF PERI USED IN A SENTENCE
It caught his breath to see the peri slowly descending from the air, floating on its feathered wings.