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sudoriferous
adjective
bearing or secreting sweat.
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The English adjective sudoriferous comes from Late Latin 蝉奴诲艒谤颈蹿别谤, literally 鈥渟weat-bearing.鈥� The Latin suffix -fer 鈥渃arrying, bearing,鈥� very familiar in English, comes from the verb ferre 鈥渢o carry, bring, bear,鈥� from the common Proto-Indo-European root bher- 鈥渢o carry, bear,鈥� source of Sanskrit 产丑谩谤补迟颈, Greek 辫丑茅谤别颈苍, Celtic (Old Irish) biru, Germanic (English) bear, and Slavic (Polish) 产颈别谤补膰, all meaning 鈥渃arry.鈥� The Latin noun 蝉奴诲辞谤 is a derivative of the verb 蝉奴诲腻谤别, from the Proto-Indo-European root sweid-, swoid- 鈥渢o sweat鈥� (swoid- becomes 蝉奴诲- in Latin). The Germanic derivative of the Proto-Indo-European noun swoidos is swaitaz, which becomes 蝉飞腻迟 in Old English (English sweat). Sudoriferous entered English in the late 16th century.
how is sudoriferous used?
Jermaine’s nerves got the better of him and resulted in a rather sudoriferous audition.
Although it may sound somewhat ridiculous to be mentioning football these sudoriferous days, the news is that Glenn Davis and Felix (Doc) Blanchard should be around again some time next month–on the screen, that is.
pathos
noun
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
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The English noun pathos comes directly from Greek 辫谩迟丑辞蝉 鈥渟uffering, sensation, experience,鈥� related to the verb p谩schein 鈥渢o suffer, be affected, feel.鈥� Both the noun and the verb come from the Greek root penth-, ponth, path-. The root path- also forms the noun 辫谩迟丑别颈补 鈥渟uffering, feeling鈥� and is the second element of a辫谩迟丑别颈补, em辫谩迟丑别颈补, and sym辫谩迟丑别颈补, source of English apathy, empathy, and sympathy. From the root penth- Greek forms the word 苍脓辫别苍迟丑岣梥 鈥渂anishing suffering,鈥� (literally 鈥渦nsuffering鈥�), source of the English noun nepenthe, the name of a drug or plant that brings forgetfulness of pain and suffering. Pathos entered English in the 16th century.
how is pathos used?
Like all other music, it breathed passion and pathos, and emotions high or tender, in a tongue native to the human heart, wherever educated.
Burnham says his overall aim was to use a middle school student to tell a story rooted in the same pathos that drives any good movie about a person’s deepest battles.
forbearance
noun
forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.
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Forbearance was originally a legal term 鈥渋ntentional delay in collection of a debt or enforcement of a contract, the expectation being that the other party will pay the debt or fulfill the contract.鈥� The word very quickly acquired the meaning 鈥減atience, restraint.鈥� Forbearance is a derivative of the verb forbear, which descends from the Old English verb forberan 鈥渢o endure, bear, submit to; abstain from, miss, neglect.鈥� The root verb beran 鈥渢o bear, carry鈥� comes from the same very common Proto-Indo-European root bher- 鈥渃arry, bear鈥� as Latin ferre, Greek 辫丑茅谤别颈苍, Slavic (Polish) 产颈别谤补膰, all meaning 鈥渢o carry.鈥� The prefix for- is a Germanic development of the very complicated Proto-Indo-European prefix per, whose basic meaning is 鈥渢hrough, forward, in front of,” as in Latin per 鈥渢hrough鈥� and Greek 辫别谤铆 鈥渁谤辞耻苍诲.鈥� Forbearance entered English in the 16th century.
how is forbearance used?
I had no right to be so angry with you. There should be no limit to a mother’s forbearance.
We rarely think about forbearance in politics, and yet democracy cannot work without it. Consider what American presidents could legally do under the Constitution. They could pardon anyone they want, whenever they want, undercutting congressional and judicial oversight.