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lassitude
noun
weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness.
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The primary meaning of lassitude is 鈥渨eariness of mind or body, listlessness,鈥� but lassitude has a second meaning, 鈥渋ndolent indifference.鈥� The immediate source of the English word is Middle French lassitude, which, as in English, may be pleasant or unpleasant fatigue. French lassitude comes from Latin 濒补蝉蝉颈迟奴诲艒, which in Latin always has an unpleasant sense. 尝补蝉蝉颈迟奴诲艒 is a derivative of the adjective lassus 鈥渢ired, weary, exhausted,鈥� a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root 濒脓-, 濒蓹– 鈥渢o let go, go slack,鈥� extended with –d (濒脓d-, 濒蓹d-). The same root yields Greek 濒脓de卯n 鈥渢o be tired,鈥� Albanian lodhem 鈥渢o become tired,鈥� and Germanic 濒脓tan, which in Old English becomes 濒牵迟补苍 鈥渢o allow, permit, suffer鈥� and let in English. Lassitude entered English in the 16th century.
how is lassitude used?
it occurred to me, as I ate another astringent chip, that this lassitude, the trouble focusing, the sleep difficulties, my exhaustion: Oh yes, I thought, I remember this. I was grieving.
贬别补惫测听lassitude聽settled upon me as I walked away from Peter Kanarjian. There had been too much excitement in the past eighteen hours, and I had had little sleep.
lassitude
agnate
adjective
related or akin through males or on the father's side.
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The English adjective and noun agnate comes straight from Latin 补驳苍腻迟耻蝉, 补诲驳苍腻迟耻蝉, past participle (also used as a noun) of the verb 补驳苍补蝉肠墨 (also 补诲苍补蝉肠墨 and 补诲驳苍补蝉肠墨) 鈥渢o be born in addition to; (of a human being) to be born after the father makes his will.鈥� (The noun 补驳苍腻迟耻蝉, 补诲驳苍腻迟耻蝉 is a male blood relative on the father鈥檚 side; 补驳苍腻迟补, 补诲驳苍腻迟补 is a female blood relative on the father鈥檚 side.) 础驳苍补蝉肠墨 (补诲苍补蝉肠墨, 补诲驳苍补蝉肠墨) is a compound verb formed from the preposition and prefix ad, ad– 鈥渢o, toward, in addition鈥� and the simple verb (驳)苍补蝉肠墨 鈥渢o be born鈥� (Romans of the classical age had the same difficulty with initial gn– as modern English speakers do with, say, gnat, gnarly, and Gnostic). The much rarer Latin terms for 鈥渁 blood relative on the mother鈥檚 side鈥� are 脓苍腻迟耻蝉 for a male relative and 脓苍腻迟补 for a female, formed from the preposition and prefix 脓, 脓– (from ex 鈥渙ut of鈥�) and 苍补蝉肠墨. Agnate entered English in the second half of the 15th century.
how is agnate used?
Rather than writing that one thing is like another, she suggested, pupils might use 鈥渃ommensurate鈥� or 鈥�agnate,鈥� which means related through male descent or on the father鈥檚 side.
As office-holding tended to become hereditary, however, in the tenth and eleventh centuries, greater emphasis was placed upon agnate descent.
agnate
迟锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别
noun,
a private conversation or interview, usually between two people.
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罢锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别, 鈥渁 private conversation, usually between two people,鈥� in French literally means 鈥渉ead to head.鈥� The 迟锚迟别 in 迟锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别 comes from Old French teste, from testa 鈥渉ead鈥� in Vulgar Latin, from Latin testa 鈥渢erracotta pot, brick.鈥� 罢锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别 first occurs in French in a com茅die-ballet by Moli猫re entitled La comtesse d’Escarbagnas 鈥淭he Countess of Escarbagnas鈥� (1671). Testa is the Italian word for head, too, but if you use testa a testa in Italian, you will get only a lot of laughs. 罢锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别 entered English in the early 18th century.
how is 迟锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别 used?
While she and Osborne were having their delightful 迟锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别聽above stairs, old Mrs. Sedley and Captain Dobbin were conversing below upon the state of the affairs ….
It鈥檚 a meeting that promises awkward handshakes, a 鈥渇amily photo鈥� against a scenic backdrop and tense 迟锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别s on the sidelines.
迟锚迟别-脿-迟锚迟别