51吃瓜 of the Day
vespertine
adjective
of, relating to, or occurring in the evening.
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Vespertine 鈥渙f, relating to, or occurring in the evening鈥� derives from Latin vesper 鈥渆vening,鈥� which comes from a Proto-Indo-European root with the same sense. Through this root, vesper is a cognate of the English term west, with a shift in definition because of the direction of the sunset. As we learned with the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day aureate, which may be related to east and Latin 补耻谤艒谤补 鈥渄awn,鈥� there is often an overlap between the cardinal directions and the location of the sun. Another distant relative of vesper is Ancient Greek 丑茅蝉辫别谤辞蝉 鈥渆vening,鈥� and its derivative Hesperus 鈥渆vening star鈥� is a nickname for the planet Venus. Vespertine was first recorded in English at the turn of the 16th century.
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A bluish evening moved in, almost as if the quietened sun wanted to aid the approaching transaction, which Schumann felt in his bones might offer an answer or at least redefine the question. An un-fog-like mist came in from the Thames and mated with the vespertine light. The millions of bricks that defined, that contained the institution tried to absorb it, and some part of them did.
Up Broadway Chandler moved with the vespertine dress parade. For this evening he was an exhibit as well as a gazer. … [H]e was a true son of the great city of razzle-dazzle, and to him one evening in the limelight made up for many dark ones.
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pariah
noun
any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided.
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Pariah 鈥渁 social outcast鈥� is at its core a term for a member of a low caste in the traditional cultures of the southern Indian subcontinent. The word was adapted from Tamil 辫补峁焌颈测补苍, literally meaning 鈥渄rummer鈥� because of that low caste鈥檚 hereditary duty. 笔补峁焌颈测补苍, in turn, derives from 辫补峁焌颈 鈥渄rum.鈥� While the majority of people from India speak an Indo-European language, such as Hindi and Bengali, the Dravidian family is predominant in southern India. Dravidian languages include Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada鈥攅ach spoken by tens of millions of people. Pariah was first recorded in English in the early 1600s.
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In February 1956, a Montgomery County grand jury indicted King and dozens of other boycott leaders for unlawful conspiracy. Gilmore was among those who testified at King鈥檚 trial .鈥� The testimony made Gilmore a hero to local Blacks, [John T.] Edge says. But 鈥渋n the white world she became a pariah.鈥�
Before his death, [D. H.] Lawrence was a pariah, living outside the herd and throwing bombs into it. After his death, he was reborn as a Byronic hero: W. H. Auden described the carloads of women who, having lurched across the Taos desert and up the Rocky Mountains, stood in reverence before a memorial chapel to Lawrence[.]
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Gramarye 鈥渙ccult learning鈥� is a doublet of grammar, and both derive via Old French gramaire and Latin gramatica from Ancient Greek 驳谤补尘尘补迟颈办岣� (迟茅肠丑苍脓) 鈥済rammatical (art),鈥� from 驳谤补尘尘补迟颈办贸蝉 鈥渒nowing one鈥檚 letters鈥� and earlier 驳谤谩尘尘补 鈥渓etter, something drawn; small weight.鈥� The story of how an ancient word for 鈥渓etter鈥� evolved into gramarye, grammar, and even glamour (via Scots) is full of semantic twists and turns. The sense 鈥渒nowledge of letters鈥� shifted to the broader definition of 鈥渢he study of how a language鈥檚 sentences are constructed,鈥� and this is the definition of grammar today. In the Middle Ages, because grammar was taught only among the upper classes, grammar became a symbol of general 鈥渉igher鈥� learning, which also included subjects such as astrology, magic, and the occult at the time. Glamour and gramarye are simply variants of grammar that kept this connection to magic, though glamour later shifted again to refer to enchantingly good looks. Gramarye was first recorded in English in the early 1300s.
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鈥淜now’st thou what thou look鈥檚t like, Sir Conrade, at this moment? Not like the politic and valiant Marquis of Montserrat鈥攏ot like him who would direct the Council of Princes, and determine the fate of empires鈥攂ut like a novice, who, stumbling upon a conjuration in his master’s book of gramarye, has raised the devil when he least thought of it, and now stands terrified at the spirit which appears before him.鈥�
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