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cacoethes
noun
an irresistible urge; mania.
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The rare noun cacoethes, 鈥渋rresistible urge, mania,鈥� comes from the Latin neuter noun 肠补肠辞脓迟丑别蝉 鈥渕alignant tumor at an early stage, incurable disease (of character),鈥� from Greek 办补办贸脓迟丑别蝉 鈥渕alice, wickedness,鈥� neuter singular noun use of the adjective 办补办贸脓迟丑别蝉, 鈥渋ll-disposed, malicious, malignant,鈥� a compound of 办补办贸蝉 鈥渂ad, wretched鈥� and the noun 锚迟丑辞蝉 鈥渃ustom, habit, character, usage.鈥� Cacoethes in the sense 鈥渋rresistible urge, mania鈥� comes from the Roman satirist Juvenal鈥檚 phrase ins膩n膩bile scr墨bend墨 肠补肠辞脓迟丑别蝉 鈥渋ncurable urge to write.鈥� Cacoethes entered English in the 16th century.
how is cacoethes used?
We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit of the times, and write up to it too, if that cacoethes be upon us, or we are nought.
“Malachi has caught cacoethes scribendi, the scribbling craze, and is writing more sermons,” Turlow reported.
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sic
adverb
Latin.
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: He signed his name as e. e. cummings (sic).
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People may be familiar with the motto of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Sic semper tyrannis 鈥淭hus ever to tyrants.鈥� Usually, English sic appears alone, usually written in italics within square brackets, [sic], showing that the preceding misused or misspelled word is correctly cited, as, for instance, “marshal [sic] law” for “martial law.” Sic comes straight from the Latin adverb 蝉墨肠 鈥渢hus, so,鈥� which is the source of Italian 蝉矛, Spanish and Catalan 蝉铆, and French si, all meaning 鈥測es.鈥� A related Latin word, the conjunction 蝉墨 鈥渋f,鈥� is the source of Italian se, Spanish and Catalan si, and French si, all meaning 鈥渋f.鈥� Sic entered English in the second half of the 19th century.
how is sic used?
Would love to take a new look at you’re (sic) new book. … Is Clint Reno still you’re (sic) agent?
In her remarks, she flattered her audience as 鈥渟mart people who also happens [sic] to be rich and powerful.鈥�
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delegate
noun
a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
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English delegate ultimately comes from Latin 诲脓濒脓驳腻迟耻蝉 鈥渁ppointee,鈥� a noun use of the past participle of the verb 诲脓濒脓驳腻谤别 鈥渢o appoint, assign,鈥� a compound of the prefix 诲脓- 鈥渁way (from here)鈥� and the simple verb 濒脓驳腻谤别 鈥渢o send as an envoy, depute,鈥� a derivative of the noun lex (stem 濒脓驳-) 鈥渓aw鈥� (source of legal and, via Old French, loyal). Formerly in U.S legal and constitutional usage, a delegate was the title of a representative of a state in the First Continental Congress (1774), and later the title of the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives. Delegate entered English in the 14th century.
how is delegate used?
By the end of Super Tuesday, more than a third of all convention delegates will have been pledged nationally.
By the mid-1960s, Nixon was still regarded as a joke by the national press and the national party structure, but he found himself with more and more friends at the party’s local level, friends who would eventually be delegates to the 1968 Republican Convention.
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