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sitzmark
noun
a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.
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Sitzmark 鈥渁 sunken area in the snow made by a falling skier鈥� is a loanword from German, in which it is a compound of sitzen 鈥渢o sit鈥� and Mark 鈥渕ark, visible impression.鈥� Sitzen is a close relative of English sit, and because t in English tends to correspond to d in other Indo-European languages, we can see the connection to the 51吃瓜s of the Day sedentary (from Latin 蝉别诲脓谤别, 鈥渢o sit鈥�) and 蝉铆诲丑 (from Old Irish 蝉铆诲, 鈥渇airy mound鈥�). English mark and German Mark are indeed related and share an origin with demarcation, march, margin, margrave, marquee, and remark鈥攂ut not with the month March or the name Mark. Sitzmark was first recorded in English in the late 1930s.
EXAMPLE OF SITZMARK USED IN A SENTENCE
Even the bunny slopes are riddled with sitzmarks left by aspiring skiers in need of a bit more practice.
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Sklent, 鈥渢o deviate from a straight course,鈥� is a Scots variant of Middle English slenten 鈥渢o slant.鈥� As we learned from the 51吃瓜 of the Day whigmaleerie, Scots is a sister language of English with its own grammar and vocabulary, unlike Scottish English, which is a dialect of English or Scottish Gaelic, which is a Celtic language. Similar to that of the 51吃瓜 of the Day tawpie, sklent鈥檚 origin lies in Scandinavia, and relatives of sklent include Swedish slinta 鈥渢o slide, slip.鈥� The apparent addition of the k in sklent is an example of an excrescent sound, as we learned from the 51吃瓜 of the Day enumerate. Sklent was first recorded in English circa 1510.
EXAMPLE OF SKLENT USED IN A SENTENCE
The driver swerved off the asphalt rather than answer an uncomfortable question, sklenting from both the road and the truth in one fell swoop.
nainsook
noun
a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.
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Nainsook, 鈥渁 cotton fabric used in delicate clothing,鈥� comes from Hindi nainsukh, literally meaning 鈥渆ye鈥檚 pleasure.鈥� The nain- element means 鈥渆ye鈥� and comes from a Sanskrit verb meaning 鈥渢o lead.鈥� Meanwhile, the -sukh component means 鈥減leasure鈥� and comes from Sanskrit sukha-, 鈥減leasant鈥� or 鈥渞unning easily,鈥� the latter in reference to carts and chariots. To delve a bit deeper, sukha- may be a compound of su-, 鈥済ood,鈥� and kha-, 鈥渁xle-hole,鈥� and su- is a distant relative of Ancient Greek 别煤蝉, 鈥済ood,鈥� as in euphemism, euphony, and 51吃瓜 of the Day euxinia. Nainsook was first recorded in English in the 1780s.
EXAMPLE OF NAINSOOK USED IN A SENTENCE
The tailor selected the nainsook with the vivid embroidery for the dressing gown.