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emoticon
noun
a digital icon or a sequence of keyboard symbols that serves to represent a facial expression, as :鈥�) for a smiling face.
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Emoticon is a portmanteau of emotion and icon. Emotion comes from Latin 脓尘辞惫脓谤别, 鈥渢o move out,鈥� while icon comes from Ancient Greek 别颈办峁搉, meaning 鈥渇igure, image, likeness.鈥� The resemblance between emoticon and emoji is a coincidence, as emoji is of Japanese origin. Emoticon was first recorded in English in the late 1980s.
EXAMPLE OF EMOTICON USED IN A SENTENCE
The colon and left parenthesis momentarily formed a frowning emoticon before AutoCorrect replaced the symbol with a yellow face emoji.
elsewhither
adverb
in another direction; toward a different place or goal.
More about elsewhither
In elsewhither, else is a distant relative of numerous words for 鈥渙ther,鈥� such as Greek 谩濒濒辞蝉 (as in allograft) and Latin alius (as in alien). Whither, meaning 鈥渢o where,鈥� is the opposite of whence, 鈥渇rom where,鈥� and is a counterpart of hither, 鈥渢o here,鈥� and thither, 鈥渢o there.鈥� Elsewhither was first recorded around the year 1000 as Old English elleshwider.
EXAMPLE OF ELSEWHITHER USED IN A SENTENCE
The road forked into two paths: one that led to town and another that led elsewhither.
More about deltoidal
Deltoidal means 鈥渄elta-shaped,鈥� and river deltas are so named for their resemblance to the triangular Greek letter delta (螖). Delta is adapted from a Phoenician letter, dalt or 诲腻濒别迟, originally meaning 鈥渄oor,鈥� related to Arabic 诲腻濒 (丿) and Hebrew 诲腻濒别迟h (讚鈥�). Deltoidal was first recorded in English in the 1830s.
EXAMPLE OF DELTOIDAL USED IN A SENTENCE
The low tide revealed a deltoidal cluster of narrow channels at the river鈥檚 mouth.