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More about yclept
The archaic English verb yclept is the past participle of the equally archaic verb clepe 鈥渢o call, name.鈥� This initial y- derives from Old English 摹别-, a prefix used to mark past participles; while ge- eventually fell out of use in English, many other Germanic languages, such as Dutch and German, still use ge- and similar prefixes to mark past participles. Even though ge- and y- are no longer used in English verbs, the prefixes have lived on in secret as the a- in words such as afford, aswoon, aware, and even dialectal ascared. Yclept was first recorded in the first millennium AD.
how is yclept used?
About the sixth hour, when beasts most graze, birds best peck, and men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper. So much for the time when. Now for the ground which鈥攚hich, I mean, I walked upon. It is yclept thy park.
A tenured Pat, my name鈥檚 Tom Brady; Foes have oft yclept me shady. Should my post I abdicate, New England hearts will fast deflate.
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exclave
noun
a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding foreign territory.
More about exclave
Exclave 鈥渁n outlying portion of a country entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country鈥� is modeled on the noun enclave, its opposite, using the Latin prefix ex- 鈥渙ut of, from.鈥� Enclave comes from an older French term meaning 鈥渓ocked in,鈥� from Latin 肠濒腻惫颈蝉 鈥渒ey,鈥� which also gives rise to words such as clavicle, the collarbone, originally meaning 鈥渓ittle key鈥� in Latin, and conclave, a secret meeting, originally meaning 鈥�(room) with a key鈥� in Latin. Exclave entered English in the late 1800s.
how is exclave used?
The absurdity of militarizing a peacetime border through a major European metropolis is illustrated by what happened to West Berlin鈥檚 half-dozen exclaves, small plots of land that lay just outside the city limits. Mere administrative anomalies before the partition of Berlin, these exclaves became potential international trouble spots.
There are three other 鈥�exclaves鈥� like Hyder along the border鈥攖wo small, sparsely populated towns in the U.S., and one in Canada鈥攚hich largely rely on an open border to carry out their businesses, go to school and even buy groceries. But when the border shuttered at the start of the pandemic, residents of the exclaves were left to figure out how to stay afloat with their main source of business鈥攖ourism鈥攃ut off.
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More about glitz
It鈥檚 easy to imagine how glitz is related to the word glitter, but the two words share a far deeper origin: the Proto-Indo-European root 驳拾别濒- 鈥渢o shine.鈥� This root crops up in at least a dozen brightness- and vision-related words, including glance, glare, glass, glaze, gleam, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glisten, glister, gloss, and glow, and is also the source of many light color names, such as gold and yellow in English and 办丑濒艒谤贸蝉 鈥済reenish-yellow鈥� in Ancient Greek, from which chlorophyll is derived. Glitz entered English in the 1970s, which is surprisingly recent.
how is glitz used?
Yet much of the glitz may be just that鈥�glitz. Survey data and experts suggest that students generally appreciate libraries most for their simple, traditional offerings: a quiet place to study or collaborate on a group project, the ability to print research papers, and access to books.
On the surface, I had almost nothing in common with Ann. I was a 39-year-old, geeky freelancer living in suburban New Jersey, far from the glitz and glamour of Tokyo. I was long past the carefree attitude of a high schooler and was a very, very far cry from ever belonging on a runway.
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