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谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅
adjective
sought out with care.
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The adjective 谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅聽鈥渃arefully sought out, rare, exotic, obscure, elegant, pretentious,鈥� comes straight from French 谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅, the past participle of the verb rechercher 鈥渢o look for carefully, research.鈥� The prefix re– in rechercher indicates repetition; the verb chercher聽鈥渢o look for,鈥� comes from Late Latin 肠颈谤肠腻谤别 鈥渢o go around,鈥� a derivation of circus 鈥渃ircle.鈥� (English search comes from Old French cerchier, French chercher.) 搁别肠丑别谤肠丑茅 entered English in the 17th century.
how is 谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅 used?
… a tasteful and 谤茅肠丑别谤肠丑茅聽stock of frames and feathers and ribbons was chosen ….
But, among the books which load their shelves, there is the most 谤别肠丑别谤肠丑茅 collection of European standard works to be found in this country ….
aplomb
noun
imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
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The English adjective aplomb is from the French noun aplomb 鈥渟elf-possession,鈥� literally 鈥減erpendicularity,鈥� from the Old French phrase a plomb 鈥減erpendicularly,鈥� literally 鈥渁ccording to the lead weight,鈥� from Latin ad 鈥渁t, to鈥� and plumbum 鈥渓别补诲.鈥� Aplomb entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is aplomb used?
… I had found that in entering with aplomb, and mounting the estrade with emphasis, consisted the grand secret of ensuring immediate silence.
Whether he was coached in the art of transcendental stillness by his mother, whose acting career is not long over, has yet to be revealed, but he performed his task with aplomb.
historiated
adjective
decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose, especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript.
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The adjective historiated comes from Medieval Latin 丑颈蝉迟辞谤颈腻迟耻蝉, the past participle of the verb 丑颈蝉迟辞谤颈腻谤别 鈥渢o tell a story or a narrative in pictures鈥� (as in an illuminated manuscript or capital letter), from Latin historia 鈥渋nvestigation, research, inquiry, a record or account of an investigation, a history,鈥� from Greek 丑颈蝉迟辞谤铆补, a derivation of the noun 丑铆蝉迟艒谤 鈥渒nowing, expert.鈥� Historiated entered English in the mid-19th century.
how is historiated used?
Historiated initials often emphasize the praiseworthiness of a certain paragraph with an elaborately illustrated letter.
At the request of Queen Claude, he used historiated rather than purely decorative borders.