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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.
More about stridulate
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.
stridulate
panivorous
adjective
subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
More about panivorous
The English adjective panivorous 鈥渂read-eating鈥� comes from the Latin noun 辫腻苍颈蝉 (inflectional stem 辫腻苍颈-) “bread” and the Latin combining form -vorus 鈥渄evouring,鈥� a derivative of the verb 惫辞谤腻谤别 鈥渢o eat up, devour鈥� (辫腻苍颈惫辞谤耻蝉 does not occur in Latin).
how is panivorous used?
I ate it toasted for breakfast and took it to school as the foundation of my lunch sandwich. An equivocal frisson traversed my now infinitely more sophisticated panivorous spirit when I read that Wonder Bread’s parent company filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
the people who persevered in their panivorous propensities, accused the emperor of selling our corn to the English.
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klatsch
noun
a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation: a sewing klatsch.
More about klatsch
You usually associate klatsch 鈥渁 casual party鈥� with coffee klatsch 鈥渁 casual gathering for gossiping and drinking coffee.鈥� Coffee klatsch is a partial rendering of German Kaffeeklatsch (in English kaffee klatsch or kaffee klatch). Coffee and Kaffee need no explanation. Klatsch is informal German for “gossip, gossiping,” from the verb klatschen, of imitative origin. In German Klatsch also means “a slap, a crack (as of a bat), a clap (of the hands).” Klatsch (klatch) entered English in the 1950s.
how is klatsch used?
Maybe they didn’t have anything in common and that was the point, was the thing that made the聽klatsch interesting, hearing the various perspectives people had.
At coffee-break time, Billy made a nice addition to our little klatsch.
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