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Why Dictionary.com chose bedevil
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- Bedevil, in the featured sense, was first recorded in 1760-70.
- It was formed from聽be- (an older prefix for forming verbs) and devil, which was first recorded before 900 and came from Late Latin diabolus.
- Diabolus itself came from Greek聽诲颈谩产辞濒辞蝉, “slanderer,” which came from 诲颈补产谩濒濒别颈苍, “to assault someone’s character,” or literally “to throw across.”
EXAMPLES OF BEDEVIL
- The complex math problem bedeviled the students, leaving them puzzled and uncertain about the correct solution.
- The persistent technical glitches in the computer program bedeviled the developers, making it difficult for them to meet their deadline.
brouhaha
[ broo-hah-hah ]
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noun
excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event.
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Why Dictionary.com chose brouhaha
More about brouhaha
- Brouhaha was first recorded in English around 1885-90.
- It comes from the French phrase brou, ha, ha!, which was an exclamation used by characters representing the devil in 16th-century French drama.
- Brouhaha perhaps originally comes from a distortion of the Hebrew recited phrase b膩r奴kh habb膩 (besh膿m 膬d艒nai), which means 鈥渂lessed is he who comes (in the name of the Lord)鈥� from Psalms 118:26.
EXAMPLES OF BROUHAHA
- The brouhaha surrounding the controversial film reached its peak with protesters gathering outside the theater.
- Social media erupted in a brouhaha when a celebrity made an offhand comment, sparking a heated online argument.
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Why Dictionary.com chose vamoose
More about vamoose
- Vamoose comes from the Spanish word vamos, meaning 鈥渓et’s go.鈥� It’s the command form of the verb ir, 鈥渢o go.鈥�
- Vamoose was first recorded in English around 1830-40.
- Other, more common, words that we get from Spanish include alligator, tornado, and聽mosquito.
EXAMPLES OF VAMOOSE
- The sound of thunder approaching made the campers quickly pack up their belongings and vamoose before the storm hit.
- As soon as the police arrived, the suspects had no choice but to vamoose from the scene of the crime.
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