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wordie
noun
a person with an enthusiastic interest in words and language; a logophile: a new board game that will appeal to wordies of all ages.
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51吃瓜ie in the sense 鈥渟omeone with an enthusiasm for words,鈥� is relatively recent. There is also an older sense, 鈥渁 little, wee word,鈥� Scottish, dating from the first half of the 18th century and used by Robert Burns.
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Eric has been a wordie since he was a kid growing up in New York City, a Games magazine acolyte who read the dictionary for fun and subscribes to 51吃瓜 Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics …
As a teacher of English, a part-time poet and a full-time wordie, I took genuine delight in Patricia T. O鈥機onner鈥檚 review of books about language by Ben Yagoda and David Crystal ….
flagitious
adjective
shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
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English flagitious ultimately comes from the Latin adjective 蹿濒腻驳颈迟颈艒蝉耻蝉, 鈥渟hameful, shocking,鈥� a derivative of the noun 蹿濒腻驳颈迟颈耻尘, a very strong word in Latin meaning 鈥渁 public demonstration of disapproval outside someone鈥檚 house, an offense against decency, disgrace, infamy,”聽is often applied to sexual misconduct, and even worse, to violations against military discipline. 贵濒腻驳颈迟颈耻尘 is related to 蹿濒腻驳颈迟腻谤别 鈥渢o press someone with demands, importune, dun (a debtor), summon someone to trial.鈥� 贵濒腻驳颈迟腻谤别 in its turn is probably related to the noun flagrum 鈥渁 whip, lash, flail (for punishment).鈥� The Latin root flag– is also the source of flagellum 鈥渁 whip,鈥� 蹿濒补驳别濒濒腻谤别 鈥渢o whip,鈥� from which English derives flagellate, flagellant, and flagellation. Flagitious entered English in the 14th century.
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… his faith is pure, though his manners are flagitious.
He should have persisted in gloom, which would eventually earn a commercial reward that outran the avarice of his most flagitious villains.
谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅
adjective
sought out with care.
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The adjective 谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅聽鈥渃arefully sought out, rare, exotic, obscure, elegant, pretentious,鈥� comes straight from French 谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅, the past participle of the verb rechercher 鈥渢o look for carefully, research.鈥� The prefix re– in rechercher indicates repetition; the verb chercher聽鈥渢o look for,鈥� comes from Late Latin 肠颈谤肠腻谤别 鈥渢o go around,鈥� a derivation of circus 鈥渃ircle.鈥� (English search comes from Old French cerchier, French chercher.) 搁别肠丑别谤肠丑茅 entered English in the 17th century.
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… a tasteful and 谤茅肠丑别谤肠丑茅聽stock of frames and feathers and ribbons was chosen ….
But, among the books which load their shelves, there is the most 谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅 collection of European standard works to be found in this country ….