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dilly
noun
Informal.
something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.: a dilly of a movie.
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The noun and adjective dilly, like many slang terms, has an obscure etymology. One etymology is that dilly is an alteration of delightful or delicious; the suffix –y is either the native English adjective suffix –y (as in juicy), or the originally Scottish noun suffix –y (as in granny). Dilly was originally an Americanism, first appearing in print in the early 20th century.
how is dilly used?
It would be a dilly of a painting.
The two big numbers, and they were dillies, were 鈥淟a Toilette de la Cour鈥� by Anthony Philip Heinrich, and Albert Gehring’s 鈥淭he Soul of Chopin.鈥�
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Samaritan
noun
one who is compassionate and helpful to a person in distress.
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Samaritan as an adjective means 鈥減ertaining to Samaria or the Samaritans鈥�; as a noun, it means 鈥渁 native or inhabitant of Samaria.鈥� Most commonly, however, Samaritan is short for Good Samaritan, after Jesus鈥� parable in Luke 10:30-37.听厂补尘补谤颈迟补苍 comes from the Late Latin adjective 厂补尘补谤墨迟腻苍耻蝉 鈥淪amaritan鈥� (used as a noun in the masculine plural), from the Greek noun 厂补尘补谤墨虂迟脓蝉 鈥渁 Samaritan,鈥� a derivative of 厂补尘补谤别铆补, the name of a city and region in Palestine. Greek 厂补尘补谤别铆补 comes from Aramaic Shamerayin, from Hebrew 厂丑艒尘蓹谤么苍, of uncertain meaning, but possibly from Shemer, the owner who sold 厂丑艒尘蓹谤么苍 to Omri, king of Israel, in 1 Kings 16:24. Samaritan entered English before 1000.
how is Samaritan used?
That night, they slept in a good聽Samaritan‘s home, washed dirty laundry, and showered for the first time since leaving home.
Kids want to counteract inequality, to be good samaritans and help the little guy.
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stridulate
verb (used without object)
to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body.
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The English verb stridulate, 鈥渢o produce a shrill, grating sound like that of a cricket,鈥� is an English derivative of the English noun stridulation, which comes from French stridulation. The French noun is a derivative of the New Latin verb 蝉迟谤墨诲耻濒腻谤别 鈥渢o produce a shrill, grating sound,鈥� a derivation of the classical Latin adjective 蝉迟谤墨诲耻濒耻蝉, itself a derivation of the noun 蝉迟谤墨诲辞谤 鈥渁 high-pitched sound.鈥� 厂迟谤墨诲别谤别, the classical Latin equivalent of New Latin 蝉迟谤墨诲耻濒腻谤别, is related to Greek 迟谤铆锄别颈苍 鈥渢o buzz, squeak,鈥� and a little farther out of town, to Tocharian A trisk– 鈥渢o drone鈥� (Tocharian is the group name for two or three related Indo-European languages, now extinct, spoken in what is now Chinese Turkestan). The Latin, Greek, and Tocharian forms derive from the onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root (s)trei– 鈥渢o buzz, hiss.鈥� 厂迟谤墨诲别谤别 and 迟谤铆锄别颈苍 are related to Greek 蝉迟谤铆苍虫, 蝉迟谤铆虫 (stem 蝉迟谤铆苍驳-, 蝉迟谤铆驳-) 鈥渙wl, night raven,鈥� and to Latin strix (stem strig-) 鈥渁n owl, bird of ill omen, evil spirit, vampire.鈥� Either Latin strig– or Greek 蝉迟谤铆驳– was the source of Vulgar Latin striga 鈥渆vil spirit, witch, hag,鈥� which becomes strega 鈥渨itch鈥� in modern Italian, as in the late Tomie DePaola鈥檚 series of wonderful children鈥檚 books 鈥渟tarring鈥� Strega Nona, 鈥淕ranny Witch.鈥� Stridulate entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is stridulate used?
To stridulate, or chirr, one of the minor achievements of the cricket, your species is dependent on the intestines of the sheep and the hair of the horse.
Even so most often does the singing insect stridulate: it is celebrating life.
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