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December 6, 2017
Weird Word Wednesday
enosisPronunciation /ɪˈnəʊsɪs//ˈɛnəsɪs/
NOUN
mass nounThe political union of Cyprus and Greece, as an aim or ideal of certain Greeks and Cypriots.Example sentences‘The Turks invaded, in 1974, just as the island was edging towards reunion or enosis with Greece.’Origin1920s: from modern Greek henōsis, from hena ‘one’.Pronunciation
enosis/ɪˈnəʊsɪs//ˈɛnəsɪs/
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NOUN
mass nounThe political union of Cyprus and Greece, as an aim or ideal of certain Greeks and Cypriots.Example sentences‘The Turks invaded, in 1974, just as the island was edging towards reunion or enosis with Greece.’Origin1920s: from modern Greek henōsis, from hena ‘one’.Pronunciation
enosis/ɪˈnəʊsɪs//ˈɛnəsɪs/
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November 29, 2017
Weird Word Wednesday
enneadNOUN
rare A group or set of nine.Example sentences‘I think that it goes back even further, to the Ennead, the pantheon of nine gods and goddesses in ancient Egypt.’‘Ennead refers to a grouping of typically 9 gods.’OriginMid 16th century: from Greek enneas, ennead-, from ennea ‘nine’.Pronunciation
ennead/ˈɛnɪad/
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rare A group or set of nine.Example sentences‘I think that it goes back even further, to the Ennead, the pantheon of nine gods and goddesses in ancient Egypt.’‘Ennead refers to a grouping of typically 9 gods.’OriginMid 16th century: from Greek enneas, ennead-, from ennea ‘nine’.Pronunciation
ennead/ˈɛnɪad/
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November 27, 2017
Arizona cloud formations photos
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November 22, 2017
Weird Word Wednesday
enlaceVERB
literary Entwine or entangle.‘a web of green enlaced the thorn trees’More example sentencesOriginMiddle English: from Old French enlacier, based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’.Pronunciation
enlace/ɪnˈleɪs//ɛnˈleɪs/
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literary Entwine or entangle.‘a web of green enlaced the thorn trees’More example sentencesOriginMiddle English: from Old French enlacier, based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’.Pronunciation
enlace/ɪnˈleɪs//ɛnˈleɪs/
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November 20, 2017
Monday Musings: Arizona cloud formations photos
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November 15, 2017
Weird Word Wednesday
enkindleVERB
literary 1Set on fire.‘the glare from its enkindled roof illumined its innermost recesses’2Arouse or inspire (an emotion)‘fresh remembrance of vexation must still enkindle rage’Pronunciation
enkindle/ɛnˈkɪnd(ə)l//ɪnˈkɪnd(ə)l/
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literary 1Set on fire.‘the glare from its enkindled roof illumined its innermost recesses’2Arouse or inspire (an emotion)‘fresh remembrance of vexation must still enkindle rage’Pronunciation
enkindle/ɛnˈkɪnd(ə)l//ɪnˈkɪnd(ə)l/
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November 13, 2017
Monday Musings: Arizona cloud formations photos
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November 8, 2017
Weird Word Wednesday
enkephalin(also encephalin)NOUN
Biochemistry Either of two peptide compounds occurring naturally in the brain, related to the endorphins and having similar physiological effects.Example sentencesOrigin1970s: from Greek enkephalos ‘brain’ (from en- ‘in’ + kephalē ‘head’) + -in.Pronunciationenkephalin/ɛnˈkɛf(ə)lɪn/
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Biochemistry Either of two peptide compounds occurring naturally in the brain, related to the endorphins and having similar physiological effects.Example sentencesOrigin1970s: from Greek enkephalos ‘brain’ (from en- ‘in’ + kephalē ‘head’) + -in.Pronunciationenkephalin/ɛnˈkɛf(ə)lɪn/
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November 6, 2017
Monday Musings: Arizona sunset photographs
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November 1, 2017
Weird Word Wednesday
enjambedADJECTIVE
(of a line, couplet, or stanza of verse) ending part-way through a sentence or clause which continues in the next.Example sentences‘In the last four lines, all of them enjambed, Ryan begins to break against the units of grammatical and syntactical sense that give the first nine lines their air of balanced authority and control.’‘Another aural effect created by it in highly enjambed poems is a counterpoint of the pauses expected at the end of lines with the pauses that occur mid-line as they frame a completed thought or grammatical unit.’OriginLate 19th century: from French enjamber ‘stride over’ + -ed.Pronunciation
enjambed/ɛnˈdʒam//ɪnˈdʒam/
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(of a line, couplet, or stanza of verse) ending part-way through a sentence or clause which continues in the next.Example sentences‘In the last four lines, all of them enjambed, Ryan begins to break against the units of grammatical and syntactical sense that give the first nine lines their air of balanced authority and control.’‘Another aural effect created by it in highly enjambed poems is a counterpoint of the pauses expected at the end of lines with the pauses that occur mid-line as they frame a completed thought or grammatical unit.’OriginLate 19th century: from French enjamber ‘stride over’ + -ed.Pronunciation
enjambed/ɛnˈdʒam//ɪnˈdʒam/
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