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simper
verb (used without object)
to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
More about simper
The verb simper has an uncertain etymology. It may be related to the Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Swiss dialect adjective semper 鈥渁ffected, coy,鈥� German zimpfer 鈥渄ainty, affected,鈥� and to Middle Dutch zimperlijk 鈥渁ffected, coy.鈥� Further etymology is unknown. Simper entered English in the 16th century.
how is simper used?
But still she kept on singing, with twisted lips that strove to聽simper ….
I attended private parties in sumptuous evening dress, simpered and aired my graces like a born beau, and polked and schottisched with a step peculiar to myself鈥攁nd the kangaroo.
isobar
noun
a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
Why Stephanie Abrams chose isobar
"Isobars are lines of constant pressure, and believe it or not, when you look at a bunch of them together, they can tell you a lot about the weather." 鈥擲tephanie Abrams
More about isobar
You may see an isobar on your TV screen or hear the word on your local weather channel and already know or deduce that an isobar is “a line drawn on a weather map connecting points where the barometric pressure is the same.” The prefix iso– is from the Greek combining form iso– 鈥渆qual,鈥� from the adjective 铆蝉辞蝉 鈥渆qual (in number, size, weight, stature, etc.).鈥� It is used mostly in technical terms, as in another meteorological term isotherm聽鈥渁 line on a weather map connecting points having equal temperature,鈥� or in the geometric term isosceles, 鈥�(of a triangle) having two sides equal.鈥� The suffix –bar is interesting: it is a derivative of the Greek noun 产谩谤辞蝉, 鈥渨eight, heavy weight, heaviness, oppressiveness.鈥� 叠谩谤辞蝉 is related to the adjective 产补谤媒蝉 鈥渉eavy (in weight), low (in tone),鈥� as in English baritone. Isobar entered English in the 19th century.
how is isobar used?
These are lines of equal pressure known as isobars, which reveal wind speed and direction and allow forecasters to spot features such as highs, lows, troughs and ridges that are associated with particular types of weather.
The isobars (lines of equal pressure) of a weather chart are much like the contour lines of a topo map.
辞耻迟谤茅
adjective
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
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翱耻迟谤茅 may bring smiles of recognition to fans of the American writer of horror stories H.P. Lovecraft (1890鈥�1937), it and nefandous being particular favorites of his. The very French-looking 辞耻迟谤茅, 鈥渆xcessive, extreme, exaggerated,鈥� is indeed a past participle of the French verb outrer 鈥渢o push or go beyond the limits.鈥� Outrer is a derivative of Old French oultre, ultimately from the Latin preposition and adverb 耻濒迟谤腻 鈥渙n the far side of, beyond.鈥� 翱耻迟谤茅 is also the root of Old French and English outrage, 鈥渁n act of wanton cruelty.鈥� Students of modern European history will be familiar with the phrase attaque 脿 outrance 鈥渁n attack to the bitter end, to death,鈥� the ruinous, catastrophic French military policy of World War I. 翱耻迟谤茅 entered English in the 18th century.
how is 辞耻迟谤茅 used?
A kind of growing horror, of 辞耻迟谤茅 and morbid cast, seemed to possess him.
Since the dawn of the millennium, the 辞耻迟谤茅 has become ordinary in opera.