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roentgenize
verb (used with object)
to subject to the action of x-rays.
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Roentgenize, 鈥渢o subject to the action of X-rays,鈥� is named for Wilhelm Conrad 搁枚苍迟驳别苍 (1845鈥�1923), who discovered X-rays in 1895. As we learned from the 51吃瓜 of the Day foehn, oe is an alternative way of representing 枚 in German when the umlaut (the horizontal pair of dots, also known as a dieresis) is not readily available. The same applies to German 盲 and 眉, which may be written as ae and ue; compare the 51吃瓜 of the Day 驳别尘眉迟濒颈肠丑. The surname 搁枚苍迟驳别苍 is, unfortunately for us language detectives, of uncertain origin. Roentgenize was first recorded in English in the late 1890s.
EXAMPLE OF ROENTGENIZE USED IN A SENTENCE
After Wilhelm R枚ngten roentgenized the hand of his wife, Anna, she examined her finger bones in the resulting image and chillingly remarked, 鈥淚 have seen my death.鈥�
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Mansuetude, 鈥渕ildness, gentleness,鈥� comes from Latin 尘腻苍蝉耻脓迟奴诲艒, which is equivalent to manus, 鈥渉and鈥�; 蝉耻脓蝉肠别谤别, 鈥渢o become accustomed鈥�; and -迟奴诲艒, a noun-forming suffix similar to English -hood and -ness. Manus is also the source of manacle, manicure, manual, and the 51吃瓜 of the Day mano a mano. 厂耻脓蝉肠别谤别, which contains the common element -sc-, 鈥渢o become鈥� (see the 51吃瓜 of the Day opalesce), is related to Ancient Greek 锚迟丑辞蝉, 鈥渃ustom, habit,鈥� as in ethics. Mansuetude was first recorded in English in the late 14th century.
EXAMPLE OF MANSUETUDE USED IN A SENTENCE
Every day on the job, teachers have to balance strictness with mansuetude as they lead their students through lessons.
trothplight
noun
engagement to be married; betrothal.
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Trothplight, 鈥渆ngagement to be married,鈥� is a compound of troth, 鈥渇aithfulness, truth, promise,鈥� and plight, 鈥減ledge.鈥� Troth, which is also found in betroth, 鈥渢o arrange for the marriage of,鈥� shares an origin with truce, true, truth, and trust and comes from a root meaning 鈥渇irmness,鈥� both literal and figurative. This literal sense is why the root also appears in words relating to wood, such as English tree as well as Ancient Greek 诲茅苍诲谤辞苍, 鈥渢ree鈥� (as in rhododendron), and 诲谤欧蝉, 鈥渢ree, oak鈥� (as in dryad). Trothplight was first recorded in English in the early 14th century.
EXAMPLE OF TROTHPLIGHT USED IN A SENTENCE
After a trothplight of unclear length, Anne Hathaway and William Shakespeare were married in 1582.