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Amity 鈥渇riendship; peaceful harmony; peaceful harmony between states鈥� comes via Middle English amite, amitie, amiste from Old French 补尘颈蝉迟颈茅, 补尘颈蝉迟茅, amistet 鈥渇riendship, affection,鈥� from the unrecorded Vulgar Latin noun 补尘墨肠颈迟腻迟-, the inflectional stem of 补尘墨肠颈迟腻蝉, equivalent to Latin 补尘墨肠颈迟颈补 鈥渇riendship.鈥� (The same Vulgar Latin noun becomes amistad in Spanish, which may be familiar to Americans from the Steven Spielberg movie Amistad, 1997.) 础尘墨肠颈迟颈补 is a derivative of the noun 补尘墨肠耻蝉 鈥渇riend, lover,鈥� which in its turn is a derivative of the verb 补尘腻谤别 鈥渢o love, be in love, fall in love with,鈥� which has no further etymology. Amity entered English in the first half of the 15th century.
how is amity used?
Felix held out his hand as a token of amity, which the other took.
She did not care for. Mrs. Markey … but John and Joe Markey were congenial and went in together on the commuting train every morning, so the two women kept up an elaborate pretence of warm amity.
amity
蹿补颈苍茅补苍迟
adjective
idle; indolent.
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The English adjective and noun 蹿补颈苍茅补苍迟 鈥渋ndolent, idle; an idler, a do-nothing鈥� is plainly French. The earlier French spelling fait-nient, literally meaning 鈥渉e does nothing,鈥� is a folk etymology of Old French faignant 鈥渋dler, sluggard,鈥� the present participle of faindre, feindre 鈥渢o shirk,鈥� source of English faint and feign. 贵补颈苍茅补苍迟 entered English in the first half of the 17th century.
how is 蹿补颈苍茅补苍迟 used?
He became a very 蹿补颈苍茅补苍迟 Pope, occupying his leisure hours, not discreditably, with literature and learned men, but making of those hours a far larger portion of his life than was consistent with the duty of a supreme head of the Church.
The evidence which he presents in such detail continues to produce, if anything, precisely that impression of the faineant President which he has been anxious to dispel.
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Fistic 鈥減ertaining to the fists or boxing鈥� is a transparent compound of the English noun fist and the adjective suffix –ic. Fist comes from Old English 蹿瘸蝉迟 and is closely related to Dutch vuist and German Faust. The thoroughly naturalized suffix –ic derives from Latin –icus and Greek –ikos and was originally applied to Latin or Greek nouns (such as metallic, music, poetic, public). Fistic is a facetious synonym of pugilistic, which is a derivative of Latin pugil 鈥渇ist fighter, boxer.鈥� Pugil is akin to pugna 鈥渇ist鈥� and its derived verb 辫耻驳苍腻谤别 鈥渢o fight,鈥� ultimate source of English pugnacious. All of the Latin words are related to the Greek adverb 辫媒虫 鈥渨ith the fist,鈥� and the noun 辫测驳尘岣� 鈥渇ist, fistfight, boxing,鈥� also a measure of length from the elbow to the knuckles (of the fist).聽Fistic entered English in the early 19th century.
how is fistic used?
Yes, boxing and the other fistic聽and grappling arts are still with us, driven by the popularity of mixed martial arts and Ultimate Mixed Fighting bouts.
To continue in fistic phraseology, he had a genius for coming up to the scratch, wherever and whatever it was, and proving himself an ugly customer. … He was certain to knock the wind out of common sense …
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