51吃瓜 of the Day
sui juris
adjective
capable of managing one's affairs or assuming legal responsibility.
More about sui juris
Sui juris is from Latin su墨 j奴ris, meaning 鈥渙f one鈥檚 own right.鈥� 厂耻墨 is the possessive adjective meaning 鈥渉er,鈥� 鈥渉is,鈥� 鈥渋ts,鈥� 鈥渙ne鈥檚,鈥� or 鈥渢heir.鈥� 闯奴谤颈蝉 is the rhotacized聽form of 箩奴蝉, 鈥渓aw, right,鈥� and it is the source of conjure, jury, and justice. Sui juris was first recorded in English circa 1610.
EXAMPLE OF SUI JURIS USED IN A SENTENCE
Unless demonstrated otherwise, every adult is regarded as sui juris in the eyes of the law.
More about farouche
Farouche comes from Old French. Prior to that, farouche may come from Late Latin 蹿辞谤腻蝉迟颈肠耻蝉, 鈥渂elonging outside,鈥� from Latin 蹿辞谤腻蝉 or 蹿辞谤墨蝉, 鈥渙utside, out of doors,鈥� which is the source of foreign, forest, and forfeit. Farouche was first recorded in English in the 1760s.
EXAMPLE OF FAROUCHE USED IN A SENTENCE
On their first day of high school, the students who had recently moved to the district were farouche and kept to themselves.
aurora
noun
a radiant emission from the upper atmosphere that occurs sporadically over the middle and high latitudes of both hemispheres in the form of luminous bands, streamers, or the like.
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More about aurora
Aurora comes from Latin 补耻谤艒谤补, 鈥渄awn,鈥� which was also the name of the Roman goddess of sunrise. 础耻谤艒谤补 has two distant and unexpected relatives in English: east and Easter, both of which originally referred to the direction of the sunrise. In the context of lights in the sky, aurora was first recorded in English in the early 18th century.
EXAMPLE OF AURORA USED IN A SENTENCE
Because of that year鈥檚 strong solar wind, numerous aurorae glowed and danced in the winter sky.
