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Re: WORD OF THE DAY..........courtesy of Dictionary.com
« Reply #100 on: May 31, 2012, 09:32:30 pm »

haimish \HEY-mish\, adjective:

Homey; cozy and unpretentious.

Now separated from Gisela Liner's home cooking and haimish evenings playing living-room soccer with Kisch, Billie consoled himself by going to the finest spots in Berlin.
-- Ed Sikov, On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder

By late afternoon the house looked at least haimish, with the season's last roses cut and opening in jelly jars.
-- Sally Koslow, With Friends Like These

There were other homey touches: a mizrakh plaque on the eastern wall, a silver menorah and a sewing kit containing a color wheel of spools on the sideboard—all made the more haimish by the savory aromas wafting in through the kitchen door.
-- Steve Stern, The Frozen Rabbi

Haimish stems from the Yiddish word of the same spelling, which comes from the German word heimisc that literally means "pertaining to the home."




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« Reply #101 on: June 01, 2012, 06:31:25 pm »

armamentarium /ahr-muh-muhn-Tair-ee-uhm/.,noun

1. A truthful source of devices or materials, available or used for an undertaking.
2. The aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out ones duties.

You can almost hear the crash as my medical (armamentarium) smashes to the ground -
---Emily R. Transue. M>D. On Call

In addition to the past lying available in his memory, he had always had a technical (armamentarium) second to none
Even the hostile critics had granted him that.
---Orson Scott Card.  Masterpieces

Litvikov led the way over to his long conference table, which was covered in green felt, and stocked with an (armamentarium)
of mineral-water that the commissioner never seemed to offer.
----Robert Ludlum, Thhe Tristan Betrayal


Armamentarium comes from the Latin root armament, which refers to the equipment used by a military unit.
The suffix -arium denotes a location, or receptical.


 



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Re: WORD OF THE DAY..........courtesy of Dictionary.com
« Reply #102 on: June 01, 2012, 11:46:05 pm »
haimish \HEY-mish\, adjective:


Wasn't Haimish the best friend of William Wallace in "Braveheart"?
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Re: WORD OF THE DAY..........courtesy of Dictionary.com
« Reply #103 on: June 02, 2012, 01:59:36 pm »


bosh \bosh\, noun:

Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.

You know perfectly well — and it is all bosh, too. Come, now, how do they proceed?
-- Mark Twain, The Gilded Age

Bosh, bosh, bosh! Why is it right for him to follow his nature ? Because it is right. Why is it wrong for me to follow my nature? Because it is wrong. That's the whole of your argument…
-- George Dyre Eldridge, In the Potter's House

Bosh stems from the Turkish word bos meaning "empty". It was popularized in English by the British writer James J. Morier.




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« Reply #104 on: June 02, 2012, 02:18:31 pm »
Wasn't Haimish the best friend of William Wallace in "Braveheart"?

 Yes.  Brendan Gleeson played Walker's friend, Hamish.

i have seen a number  of people saying that the movie had really nothing to do with real history.  One of the things they particularly hated
was the costumery.  They say that the fact the army of Wallace wore the Kilts, was so bad.  It would be  like dressing the Pilgrims in clothing  the modern businessman wears. ie suits and ties.  There is much ado also about the entire storyline.  They said it was sacrificed for the
strong need to make it adventuresome.  In other words it was entirely inaccurate to true history. 
 It was quite a tale however, and made Mel a superstar.  Too bad he has since lost all of his credability because of his personal habits and his
nasty mouth.    I was a fan.  But now; not at all..  What horrid hate lay within that man.  It seems to have no bounds.  I think he was an
unfortunate victim of his father.  That however does not give him an out..  He knows better, and chooses not to do better.



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« Reply #105 on: June 03, 2012, 06:56:06 pm »

levigate \LEV-i-geyt\, verb:

1. To rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder.
2. Chemistry. To make a homogeneous mixture of, as gels.

adjective:
1. Botany. Having a smooth, glossy surface; glabrous.

It is sufficient to levigate them with water to obtain them very white.
-- M. Richter, Philosophical Magazine, Volume 23

This clay, carefully levigated, and covered with an excellent glaze, yielded a red ware…
-- Samuel Smiles, Josiah Wedgwood

Levigate is derived from the Latin word lēvigātus meaning "to smooth."




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« Reply #106 on: June 04, 2012, 03:20:50 pm »

histrionics \his-tree-ON-iks\, noun:

1. Behavior or speech for effect, as insincere or exaggerated expression of an emotion.
2. Dramatic representation; theatricals; acting.

You are constantly talking about Beate's histrionics, her showing off.
-- Alberto Moravia, 1934

Of course it is not only southern writers, of lyrical bent, who engage in such histrionics and shout, "Look at me!" Perhaps it is a parable of all artists.
-- Tennessee Williams, New Selected Essays

Though it sounds like the word history, histrionics has a different root. It comes from the Etruscan root histriōn- which meant "actor".





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« Reply #107 on: June 05, 2012, 04:21:02 pm »


apoplectic \ap-uh-plek-tik\, adjective:

1. Intense enough to threaten or cause a stroke.
2. Of or pertaining to apoplexy.
3. Having or inclined to apoplexy.

noun:
1. A person having or predisposed to apoplexy.

When Abie used to shout, Rebecca always used to make a joke that he was having one of his apoplectic fits.
-- Alan Grayson, Mile End

...four years, one recession and a host of battles — over financial regulation and the nomination of Elizabeth Warren, over Dodd-Frank and the Buffett Rule — have taken their toll. Some on Wall Street are apoplectic.

One former supporter, Dan Loeb, compared Obama to Nero; the president’s enemies insinuated worse.
-- Nicholas Confessore, "Obama’s Not-So-Hot Date With Wall Street", The New York Times Magazine, May 2, 2012

Apoplectic stems from the Greek word apoplēktikós which meant "pertaining to stroke". It literally meant "struck down".




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« Reply #108 on: June 05, 2012, 04:53:32 pm »
Hmmm, this one wasn't very educational.  I wish they'd have defined the noun 'apoplexy' instead of trying to define the adjective which describes the noun.  If that makes sense.
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« Reply #109 on: June 06, 2012, 06:19:10 pm »
Apoplexy   Ah po plex y/

  Meaning loss of conciousness from a blockage or a leakage into the brain.  It is a stoke that
begins within the brain, it's a neurological term.  There are varying degrees of impairment. 
  The symptoms of a stroke are headache, dizziness, nausea, and or numbness, radiating over one side of the body more frequently than the other, and may also impair speech or communication as well. 
 
If you display any, or most of these symptoms, you should not wait one second.  Call 911 immediately, and if you are unable to do so, have someone else do that for you. 

  Just as a point of reference, you should also try to have an aspirin administered as well.  But only if that is not going to cause you to have choking issues.  Aspirin being administered quickly has been of great help in mininmizing the long term effects of a stroke.

   I hope this helps clear it up some.



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