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vicinage
noun
a particular neighborhood or district, or the people belonging to it.
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Vicinage 鈥渁 particular neighborhood or district鈥� is a fusion of the Latin adjective 惫墨肠墨苍耻蝉 鈥渘earby鈥� and the English suffix -age, which forms nouns from other parts of speech. 痴墨肠墨苍耻蝉 derives from the noun 惫墨肠耻蝉 鈥渧illage, hamlet,鈥� which is the source of the suffixes -wich and -wick in English placenames, such as Greenwich and Brunswick, and comes from the Indo-European root weik- 鈥渃lan鈥� or 鈥渟ettlement.鈥� This same root is the source of villa, from the Latin word for 鈥渃ountry house,鈥� and the Ancient Greek noun oikos 鈥渉ome,鈥� which gives English ecology, economy, parochial, and parish.
how is vicinage used?
I drove out to Tara Estates, among the latter-day manors that lined the circling drives and culs-de-sac and stood like arrogant bastions against the ripe green earth. There were no sidewalks here, no signs of age, no mystery, as if the whole vicinage had risen up en masse at an hour in time so designated and precise that history itself had been obliterated.
The Island of Mackinac has a circumference of about nine miles, and its shores and vicinage are picturesque and romantic in the highest degree.
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connubial
adjective
of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal.
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Connubial 鈥渙f marriage or wedlock鈥� derives from Latin 肠艒苍奴产颈腻濒颈蝉, from 肠艒苍奴产颈耻尘 鈥渨edding,鈥� plus the adjective-forming suffix -腻濒颈蝉. 颁艒苍奴产颈耻尘, in turn, is a compound of com- 鈥渢ogether, with鈥� and 苍奴产别谤别 鈥渢o wed,鈥� and 苍奴产别谤别 (stem nupt-) is the source of marriage-related words such as nubile, nuptial, and prenup. 狈奴产别谤别 is of obscure origin, but one theory is that its original definition was 鈥渢o cover oneself with a veil,鈥� which would suggest a derivation from 苍奴产脓蝉 鈥渃濒辞耻诲.鈥�
how is connubial used?
She and Maurice were husband and wife. They loved one another. They would have children. Then let everybody and everything else fade into insignificance outside this connubial felicity.
In fact, by the epilogue it’s dateline Hawaii, where he is on his honeymoon鈥攕oft breezes blowing into the connubial bedchamber, his bride frolicking on the beach below鈥攁nd putting in a wholehearted endorsement for the grand old institution of marriage.
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moratorium
noun
a suspension of activity.
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Moratorium 鈥渁 suspension of activity鈥� comes directly from Late Latin 尘辞谤腻迟艒谤颈耻蝉 鈥渢ending to delay,鈥� a derivative of the verb 尘辞谤腻谤墨 鈥渢o delay,鈥� from the noun mora 鈥渄elay, hindrance, pause.鈥� The ending -艒谤颈耻蝉 鈥渢ending to鈥� is also found as -orium or -ory in English terms for places in which a certain action occurs regularly, such as auditorium, a place where something is heard, and dormitory, a place for sleeping.
how is moratorium used?
Striped bass populations in the Cape Fear River have been dwindling for 50 years …. Preventing the popular sport fish from disappearing altogether has required meticulous human intervention. Passageways have been built into dams and locks to allow the migratory fish to pass through, and a moratorium on fishing the species has been in place since 2008.
Rock stars get sick of signing things and answering fan mail …. And eternal rock stars like the Beatles: well, it鈥檚 hard to imagine. That鈥檚 why Ringo Starr has called a moratorium on all fan mail and signing ….Starr has instructed fans, 鈥渨ith peace and love,鈥� to cease and desist with all missives and requests after Oct. 20th.
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