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WORD OF THE DAY..........courtesy of Dictionary.com
ifyoucantfixit:
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."
ifyoucantfixit:
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".
ifyoucantfixit:
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".
Mandy21:
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.
ifyoucantfixit:
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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