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More about rort
The noun rort is an example of a back formation. It was formed from the adjective rorty, 鈥渂oisterous, rowdy鈥� or earlier 鈥渇ine, splendid.” Rorty itself may be connected to the verb roar. Rort was first recorded in English in the mid-1920s. Learn more about common back formations in English.
EXAMPLE OF RORT USED IN A SENTENCE
The Friday night gathering turned into a wild rort, with wine and revelry lasting until dawn.
northpaw
adverb
with or for the right hand; right-handedly.
More about northpaw
Northpaw is often said to come from baseball, with a westward-facing pitcher鈥檚 right arm to the north, but this claim remains unproven. Many languages associate handedness with cardinal directions; compare Biblical Hebrew 测腻尘卯苍, meaning both 鈥渞ight hand鈥� and 鈥渟outh.” Northpaw was first recorded in English in the late 1890s.聽Northpaw is one of the recent additions to Dictionary.com.
EXAMPLE OF NORTHPAW USED IN A SENTENCE
To switch things up after hours of practicing, the left-handed pitcher threw northpaw instead.
chrestomathy
noun
a collection of selected literary passages, often by one author and especially from a foreign language.
More about chrestomathy
Chrestomathy is equivalent to Ancient Greek 肠丑谤锚蝉迟丑补颈, 鈥渢o use, need,鈥� and 尘补苍迟丑谩苍别颈苍, 鈥渢o learn.鈥� 颁丑谤锚蝉迟丑补颈 is a distant relative of greedy and yearn, and as its stem math- would suggest, 尘补苍迟丑谩苍别颈苍 is indeed the source of mathematics and polymath. Chrestomathy was first recorded in English circa 1830.
EXAMPLE OF CHRESTOMATHY USED IN A SENTENCE
The chrestomathy, which contained several autobiographical excerpts translated from Spanish, provided the students with a glimpse into the author鈥檚 cultural heritage.