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Category Archives: Origin Tales
Shibboleth : Get the catch phrase!
Taken from the edit page of Times of India (Apr 4, 2011) ‘The only shibboleth the West has is science’ Shibboleth noun a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, esp. a long-standing one regarded … Continue reading
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Learning Vocab through roots. Natus.
Learning vocab through word roots. Word Root – Natus Today we discuss about the root -natus, which means ‘birth‘. As you must have seen from the video the, there are at least six words connected to it. All of them … Continue reading
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Roots –> bene-, mal-, dict-, -cracy
Dictator- a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. syn: Hitler, Mussolini despot- a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive … Continue reading
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Tagged -cracy, Abdicate, aristocracy, authoritarian, autocracy, autocrat, bene-, benedict, benediction, benefactor, beneficinary, benefit, benevolence, benign, bona fide, bonanza, bonny, bonus, bureaucracy, confidence, contradict, Dalai Lama, despot, dic-, dict-, dictate, dictation, dictator, diffidence, edict, hitler, indicate, indict, infidel, kleptocracy, mal-, malady, malaise, Malapropism, malaria, malcontent, malediction, malevolent, malfunction, malice, malign, malignant, malodorous, malpractice, meritocracy, Mother Teresa, mussolini, ochlocracy, perfidy, plutocracy, predict, theocracy, totalitarian, tyrant, verdict, xenocracy
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Word Romance 3
Gymkhana (jm-kän) n. 1. Any of various meets at which contests are held to test the skill of the competitors, as in equestrianship, gymnastics, or sports car racing. 2. The place where such an event is held. The British brought … Continue reading
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Word Romance 2
Denizen This word comes from French dans ‘in’. Etymologically, denizen means ‘someone who is inside’ or a resident of a country as opposed to a foreigner. Today the word has an easier definition, i.e. citizen of a country. Mania In … Continue reading
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Tagged bibliokeptomaniac, bibliomania, bibliomaniac, citizen, denizen, dipsomania, dipsomaniac, egomaniacal, egypt, fad, fascination, fawn, fenzy, infatuation, insanity, kleptomania, kleptomaniac, madness, mania, maniac, obsequious, obsession, pyromania, pyromaniac, resident, sphinx
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Origin tales
“I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English because English is a very funny language.” – Amitabh Bachan (in Namak Halal) English is a member of the Indo-European family of languages. The precise origin of this … Continue reading
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