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bellicose
adjective
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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Bellicose comes directly from Latin 产别濒濒颈肠艒蝉耻蝉 鈥渨arlike, fond of war,鈥� ultimately from the noun bellum 鈥渨ar, warfare鈥� and the adjective suffix –艒蝉耻蝉 鈥渇ull of, abounding in,鈥� the source, via Anglo French and Old French, of the English suffixes –ose and –ous. The usual classical form bellum comes from preclassical duellum (the further origin of the noun is unknown), which remained in classical Latin as a poetic and archaic variant of bellum. Duellum in Vulgar and Medieval Latin developed the sense 鈥渁n arranged combat between two people, according to a code of procedure,鈥� English duel, from a mistaken etymological connection with duo 鈥渢飞辞.鈥� Bellicose entered English in the second half of the 15th century.
how is bellicose used?
I was always inappropriately dressed, and inappropriately calibrated in tone: In one instance, I was too deferential; in another, too bellicose.听
Although North Korea has often sounded incorrigibly bellicose, it has proved鈥� to be a shrewd 鈥媠trategist capable of judging when to throttle up the tensions and when to pull back on them.
bellicose
rhathymia
noun
carefree behavior; light-heartedness.
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Rhathymia 鈥渃arefree behavior, lightheartedness鈥� comes straight from Greek 谤丑腻迟丑测虅尘铆a (also 谤丑腻颈迟丑测虅尘铆补, 谤丑腻岣痶丑测虅尘铆补) 鈥渆asiness of temper, taking things easy.鈥� 搁丑腻迟丑测虅尘铆补 is a derivative of the adjective 谤丑腻虂颈迟丑测虅尘辞蝉 鈥渆asygoing, good-tempered,鈥� but also 鈥渇rivolous; indifferent, slack.鈥� The first part of 谤丑腻迟丑测虅尘铆a is the adverb 谤丑茫, 谤丑茅补, 谤丑别墨补 鈥渆asily, lightly鈥� (its further etymology is unknown). The second element of 谤丑腻迟丑测虅尘铆a is a derivative of the noun 迟丑测虅尘贸蝉 鈥渟oul, spirit, mind, life, breath.鈥� The combining form of 迟丑测虅尘贸蝉, –迟丑测虅尘铆补, is used in English in the formation of compound nouns denoting mental disorders, such as dysthymia, alexithymia, and cyclothymia. Rhathymia entered English in the first half of the 20th century.
how is rhathymia used?
Rhathymia is the preferred mode of presentation of the self.
From this sprang slackness, rhathymia, long delays in reaching decisions or paying out salaries, and downright callousness in ignoring positive distress.
rhathymia
ductile
adjective
capable of being molded or shaped; plastic.
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The adjective ductile, 鈥渃apable of being molded or shaped; plastic,鈥� comes from Middle English ductil, 鈥渂eaten out or shaped with a hammer,鈥� from Old French ductile or Latin ductilis, 鈥渃apable of being led along a course; malleable, ductile.鈥� Ductilis is a derivative of duct-, the past participle stem of the verb 诲奴肠别谤别 鈥渢o draw along with, conduct, lead,鈥� one of the verb鈥檚 dozens of meanings being the relatively rare 鈥渢o model or mold material; draw out (metal) into wire.鈥� In modern technical usage, ductile is restricted to 鈥渃apable of being drawn out into wire or threads,鈥� a quality of the noble metals such as silver and gold; malleable in technical usage covers the sense 鈥渃apable of being hammered or rolled out into thin sheets,鈥� another quality of the noble metals. Ductile entered English in the 14th century.
how is ductile used?
Ductile and sensuous, paint hugs the flat photographic forms of Leiter鈥檚 nudes in a tailor-made mantle.
she cheerfully proposed reading; complied with the first request that was made her to play upon the piano-forte and the harp; and even, to sing; though, not so promptly; for her voice and sensibility were less ductile than her manners.
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