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More about chariness
Chary, the adjective from which chariness derives, comes from the Middle English adjective chari, charry, cearig 鈥渁ctively concerned, diligent; sad, sorrowful; cherished (of a person).鈥� Chari comes from the Old English adjective cearig, ceari 鈥渃areful, grieving, pensive, wary, anxious, dire.鈥� The Old English adjective is a derivative of the noun cearu, caru 鈥渟orrow, grief鈥� (Modern English care). Chariness entered English in the 16th century.
how is chariness used?
Nay, I will consent to act any villainy against him, that may not sully the chariness of our honesty.
The reason for the chariness of the broker is that most of his transactions are carried through on credit and he runs many dangers if he cannot have absolute confidence in the integrity, both financial and otherwise, of his client …
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melee
noun
confusion; turmoil; jumble.
More about melee
Melee, also spelled 尘锚濒茅别, has been in English since the mid-17th century; yet its spellings and several pronunciations show that it is still not naturalized. Melee comes from Old French melee, meslee, medlee 鈥渕ixture, argument, confused hand-to-hand fighting,鈥� from Old French mesler, medler, mesdler, from Vulgar Latin 尘颈蝉肠耻濒腻谤别, Latin miscere 鈥渢o mix.鈥� Medler is also the source of English medley; mesler is the source of the second half of pell-mell (from Middle French pelemele, Old French pesle mesle).
how is melee used?
The fifteen dogs were off leash, creating a melee of barking, squeaking squeaky toys, and the voices of puppy raisers shouting 鈥淟eave it!,鈥� 鈥淏ring it!,鈥� and 鈥淕ood puppy!鈥�
A recent tussle between Maduro loyalists and the U.S.-backed opposition for control of Venezuela鈥檚 National Assembly聽descended into a melee of competing claims聽that left neither side with clear authority over the assembly.
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insufflate
verb (used with object)
to blow or breathe (something) in.
More about insufflate
There is not an obvious connection between insufflate and 蝉辞耻蹿蹿濒茅, but it exists. Insufflate comes from Late Latin 颈苍蝉耻蹿蹿濒腻迟耻蝉, the past participle of the verb 颈苍蝉耻蹿蹿濒腻谤别 鈥渢o blow into or upon,鈥� first recorded in Christian Latin authors. 滨苍蝉耻蹿蹿濒腻谤别 is a compound of the common preposition and suffix in, in- 鈥渋n, into, on, upon鈥� and 蝉耻蹿蹿濒腻谤别 鈥渢o blow up from below, blow up,鈥� itself a compound of sub, sub- 鈥渂elow, from below鈥� and the simple verb 蹿濒腻谤别 鈥渢o blow, breathe.鈥� 厂辞耻蹿蹿濒茅 in French means 鈥減uffed up鈥�; it is the past participle of the verb souffler, the regular French development of Latin 蝉耻蹿蹿濒腻谤别. Insufflate entered English in the 17th century.
how is insufflate used?
They handed a trumpet to the old man, who put it to the lips of the two creatures still suspended in their vegetable lethargy, their sweet animal sleep, and he began to insufflate soul into their bodies.
If the EU were to give Britain a good deal, it would inspire other countries to leave and might insufflate new life into populist parties that are already gaining more and more support throughout Europe.
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