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snuggery
noun
British.
a comfortable or cozy room.
More about snuggery
Snuggery 鈥渁 comfortable, cozy room鈥� is a transparent derivative of the adjective snug 鈥渃omfortably warm and cozy,鈥� as in Clement Clarke Moore鈥檚 A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823), 鈥淭he children were nestled all snug in their beds, / While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.鈥� The origin of snug is uncertain: it may be of Scandinavian origin, related to Old Norse 蝉苍酶驳驳谤 鈥渟hort, short-haired, sudden, brief,鈥� Old Danish 蝉苍酶驳, and Swedish snygg, both meaning 鈥渘eat, trim, tidy.鈥� Snuggery entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is snuggery used?
On the top of the house was a snuggery, into which he retired when he wanted to be entirely alone, and this he called his Syracuse, or workshop.
No wonder, then, that Phra-Alack experienced an access of gratitude for the privilege of napping for two hours in a snuggery of sunshine.
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More about cordate
Cordate, now used only in botany and biology in the meaning 鈥渉eart-shaped,鈥� comes from the Latin adjective 肠辞谤诲腻迟耻蝉 鈥渋ntelligent, sensible,鈥� a derivative of the noun cor (inflectional stem cord-) 鈥渢he heart鈥� (the organ, also considered the seat of one鈥檚 conscience, will, and emotions). In English the senses “intelligent, prudent” became obsolete during the first half of the 18th century; Latin 肠辞谤诲腻迟耻蝉 never had any biological senses. Cordate in the sense 鈥渋ntelligent, prudent鈥� entered English in the mid-17th century; its modern sense in the second half of the 18th century.
how is cordate used?
He also wrote, at 15, his first poem after seeing a raindrop cause a cordate leaf to flutter.
Its leaves are variable in shape, as are those of most ivies, but generally cordate, or heart-shaped, and very dark green, larger than the Irish ivy, which is the ivy you see most often in Washington.
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eleemosynary
adjective
of or relating to alms, charity, or charitable donations; charitable.
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Eleemosynary 鈥渞elating to alms or almsgiving鈥� comes from the Medieval Latin adjective 别濒别脓尘辞蝉测苍腻谤颈耻蝉, a derivative of the Late Latin noun 别濒别脓尘辞蝉测苍补 鈥渁lms,鈥� used by Christian Latin authors (Tertullian, St. Augustine of Hippo). Latin 别濒别脓尘辞蝉测苍补 is a borrowing from Greek 别濒别脓尘辞蝉媒苍脓 鈥減ity, mercy, compassion鈥� (and 鈥渁lms鈥� in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate), a derivative of the adjective 别濒别(别)颈苍贸蝉 鈥渞ousing compassion.鈥� The Greek forms derive from the noun 茅濒别辞蝉 鈥減ity, compassion,鈥� from which Greek forms the verb 别濒别别卯苍 鈥渢o pity, have pity on, feel pity for.鈥� The second singular active aorist imperative, 别濒茅脓蝉辞苍, as in the phrase from the Christian liturgy (in Latin transcription representing the Late Greek pronunciation) Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison 鈥淟ord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy鈥� will be familiar to those who like to listen to or take part in musical settings of the Latin Mass. Eleemosynary entered English in the first half of the 17th century.
how is eleemosynary used?
It would be fair enough to call Cornelia a power for good. I shared an apartment in New York with her the year before she was married, and I haven’t done so many eleemosynary acts in the whole rest of my life as I did during that time.
When a church collects money to then redistribute to the poor in its neighborhood, it performs an eleemosynary function.
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