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Wintle 鈥渢o tumble over; capsize鈥� is a Scottish English verb derived from early Dutch/Flemish windtelen 鈥渢o revolve鈥� (compare modern Dutch wentelen, of the same meaning). The verb windtelen is a frequentative of winden 鈥渢o wind,鈥� which makes wintle a close relative of the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day selection wynd; both wintle and wynd come from a Germanic source roughly meaning 鈥渢o twist.鈥� A frequentative is a type of verb that expresses repetition of an action, and while English no longer creates its own frequentatives, we used to add the suffix -le to mark this aspect. Just as winden becomes the frequentative windtelen, English scuff, sniff, and spark become scuffle, sniffle, and sparkle. Wintle was first recorded in English circa 1780.
how is wintle used?
On one occasion Mrs. Griffiths comes to the village shop early 鈥�. There is a hoar frost, the twigs are thick with glistening rime, she is well wrapped up, and she walks carefully so as not to wintle on the rimy Bargate stones of the path. She feels fresh and renewed on freezing mornings like this.
He sat up, held out his arms, and said, “Come, till I embrace you.” I took a hap, step and loup into his arms, and wintled ower beyond him in the bed, kissed him, and bade him an affectionate farewell in the meantime. I called him father ever after, and he called me son.
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kinesthetic
adjective
needing to move.
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Kinesthetic 鈥渘eeding to move鈥� is a compound of the Ancient Greek verb 办墨苍别卯苍 (stem 办墨苍脓-) 鈥渢o move, set in motion鈥� and esthetic, the adjective form of the English noun esthesia 鈥渃apacity for sensation or feeling.鈥� The verb 办墨苍别卯苍 is also the source of terms such as kinetic, a type of energy, and telekinesis, the superhuman ability to move objects with one鈥檚 mind. The noun esthesia ultimately derives from the Ancient Greek verb 补颈蝉迟丑谩苍别蝉迟丑补颈 (stem 补颈蝉迟丑毛-) 鈥渢o perceive,鈥� which is the root of terms such as aesthetics, the philosophy of beauty, and synesthesia, the instinctive visualization of colors when hearing sounds. Kinesthetic was first recorded in English in the late 1870s.
how is kinesthetic used?
The idea that individuals have different learning styles, such as auditory or kinesthetic, is a pernicious myth. [Education scholar Ulrich] Boser compares it to the flat-earth myth 鈥� highly intuitive, but wrong …. One major recent review of research, among many others, stated that the authors “found virtually no evidence” for the idea.
A couple of years ago, [Kelly Rahmeier] had a child in her class with partial hearing loss. She decided then to start teaching ASL to all of her students. It quickly caught on, and the students loved it …. ASL is not only an official language used within the deaf community, but it is also beneficial for children who are more kinesthetic learners as they can connect some sort of movement with a word or concept.
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distelfink
noun
a stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art.
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Distelfink 鈥渁 stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art鈥� is an adaptation of the Pennsylvania Dutch word dischdelfink 鈥済oldfinch,鈥� a compound of dischdel 鈥渢histle鈥� and fink 鈥渇inch.鈥� Although it contains the word Dutch, Pennsylvania Dutch is in fact a dialect of German, which is why it is also known as Pennsylvania German. A common misconception is that Dutch appears in this dialect鈥檚 name as an anglicized form of the German word Deutsch 鈥淕erman,鈥� but in fact, the use of Dutch here reflects an archaic definition in English: 鈥渃ontinental Germanic.鈥� Distelfink was first recorded in English in the 1930s.
how is distelfink used?
Inside the house a few hornets bumped along the walls and went wobbling across the room. The house was clean and tidy, with a few well-used pieces of furniture, the best of which was a schrank, or wardrobe, made of figured walnut. On one wall hung a framed piece of fraktur art. This fraktur had no brightly colored distelfink, the thistle finch that foretold happiness and good fortune鈥攁 common motif, and the one that decorated a painting in the parlor of the house where Gideon had grown up.
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