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jubilate
verb (used without object)
to celebrate a joyful occasion.
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The verb jubilate sounds as if it must have a Hebrew origin from its being the first word of Psalms 65 and 100 in the Vulgate: 闯奴产颈濒腻迟别 鈥淪hout for joy.鈥� But the Latin verb 箩奴产颈濒腻谤别 is a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root 测奴-, yu– 鈥渢o shout in exultation,鈥� from which Greek derives 颈媒锄别颈苍 鈥渢o shout aloud鈥� (with several derivatives), and Middle High German derives 箩奴 and 箩奴ch, expressions of joy. Jubilate entered English in the early 17th century.
how is jubilate used?
… spectators mill around, dance, and jubilate in Imelda鈥檚 rise to power, while feeling uneasy about how much fun they鈥檙e having.
Then there were their children, the sabras, blond, husky women, and men: earnest people for all that they could dance and jubilate.
prismatic
adjective
spectral in color; brilliant: prismatic colors.
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Prismatic ultimately comes from the Greek noun 辫谤卯蝉尘补 (inflectional stem 辫谤铆蝉尘补迟-) 鈥渟omething sawed, sawdust, (in geometry) trilateral column, prism.鈥� 笔谤卯蝉尘补 is a derivative of 辫谤铆别颈苍 鈥渢o saw, trephine (skulls), grind or gnash (teeth), cut off (syllables).”聽Prismatic entered English in the 17th century.
how is prismatic used?
He noted the prismatic colors in all the dewdrops upon a million blades of grass.
We get beautiful effects from wit,鈥攁ll the prismatic colors,鈥攂ut never the object as it is in fair daylight.
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The uncommon noun symposiarch comes straight from Greek 蝉测尘辫辞蝉铆补谤肠丑辞蝉 鈥渓eader or master of a symposium,鈥� extended in English to “toastmaster.” The suffix –arch (and prefix arch-) 鈥渃hief, leader, ruler鈥� is naturalized in English. 厂测尘辫贸蝉颈辞苍 鈥渄rinking party鈥� breaks down to the prefix syn– 鈥渨ith, together with鈥� and –posion, a derivative of 辫贸蝉颈蝉 鈥渄rinking, a drink,鈥� from 辫铆苍别颈苍 鈥渢o drink.鈥� Symposiarch entered English in the early 17th century.
how is symposiarch used?
By election, or by some other means, a symposiarch was selected to preside over the mixing and the toasts.
After dinner, the symposiarch, who acted as master of ceremonies, laid down the rules for the evening and established the order of events.