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retrospection
noun
the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
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Retrospection, and the slightly earlier noun retrospect, are based on retrospect-, past participle stem of New Latin 谤别迟谤艒蝉辫颈肠别谤别 鈥渢o look,鈥� based on Latin adverb 谤别迟谤艒 鈥渂ackward, back, behind鈥� and specere 鈥渢o look (at).鈥� Retrospection, then, is the act of looking back, as many do when reflecting at the end of the year. The stem retrospect– may be partly based on (pro)spect, from Latin 辫谤艒蝉辫别肠迟耻蝉 鈥渙utlook, view,鈥� composed of 辫谤艒 鈥渂efore, in front of, for鈥� and the same specere. Latin specere is the ultimate source of many English words involving various senses of 鈥渓ooking鈥�: aspect, circumspect, expect, inspect, introspect, spectacular, and suspect, among many others. Retrospection entered English in the early 1600s.
how is retrospection used?
Every separate day in the year is a gift presented to only one man鈥攖he happiest one … and it often happens that he recognizes his day only in retrospection …
He was roused from the reverie of retrospection and regret produced by it …
gawsy
adjective
Scot. and North England.
(of people) well-dressed and of cheerful appearance.
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Gawsy is an adjective found in Scottish and Northern English dialect between the early 1700 and 1900s. When describing people, gawsy means 鈥渨ell-dressed and of cheerful appearance,鈥� as in 鈥淭he gawsy, outgoing couple lit up the room when they arrived at the party.鈥� When describing things, gawsy means 鈥渓arge and handsome,鈥� as in 鈥淭he festivities were hosted in a glittering, gawsy ballroom.鈥� The origin of gawsy is obscure. The word is perhaps a variant of gaudy 鈥渂rilliantly or excessively showy,鈥� and may feature the suffix –sy, which can form adjectives that imply that the given quality is an affectation, as seen in artsy or folksy. Gawsy may also be connected to the obsolete verb gawe 鈥渢o gape, stare鈥� and Scottish adjective gash 鈥渟hrewd; well-dressed; neat; imposing.鈥�
how is gawsy used?
Mrs M’Vicar … was withal a gawsy and furthy woman, taking great pleasure in hospitality, and every sort of kindliness and discretion.
He comes steppin’ muckle and braw and gawsy up to the door …
More about 谤茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿茅
搁茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿茅 is 鈥渁 warmed-up dish of food,鈥� as made from leftovers. Figuratively, 谤茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿茅 can mean 鈥渁nything old or stale brought into service again,鈥� like a rehashed idea. It comes directly from French 谤茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿茅 鈥渞别丑别补迟别诲.鈥� 搁茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿茅 is the past participle of 谤茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿别谤 鈥渢o warm up, reheat,鈥� composed of r(e)– 鈥渁gain鈥� and 茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿别谤 鈥渢o overheat.鈥� 脡肠丑补耻蹿蹿别谤 is related to Middle French, Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer) 鈥渢o warm,鈥� ultimately from Latin cal(e)facere 鈥渢o make hot,鈥� equivalent to cale– (stem of 肠补濒脓谤别 “to be hot”) and facere “to make.” Middle French chaufer is the source of English chafe 鈥渢o wear or abrade by rubbing,鈥� originally “to warm, heat.” The historic sense of chafe survives, to return to the culinary realm, in chafing dish, a device that consists of a metal dish with a lamp or heating appliance beneath it, used for cooking food or keeping it hot at the table. 搁茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿茅 entered English at the end of the 1700s.
how is 谤茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿茅 used?
Spry hints at the humble origins of the dish, noting that ”Now, more commonly, this dish is a rechauffe”鈥攔eheated leftovers ….
The most artistic 谤茅肠丑补耻蹿蹿茅 will lose its charm if repeated too often …