51吃瓜 of the Day
consequential
adjective
having important effects or results.
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Consequential 鈥渇ollowing as an effect or result; having important effects or results; self-important, pompous鈥� is a derivation of consequence, from Latin consequentia 鈥渟uccession, sequence (of events), logical or necessary sequence,鈥� ultimately a derivative of the verb 肠辞苍蝉别辩耻墨 鈥渢o come or go after, follow, attend,鈥� a compound of the prefix con-, a variant of com– 鈥渢ogether, with,鈥� and the simple verb 蝉别辩耻墨 鈥渢o follow.鈥� The sense “self-important, pompous” does not exist in Latin; it developed within English in the mid-18th century. Consequential entered English in the first half of the 17th century. Dictionary.com’s 51吃瓜 of the Year for 2020 is a consequential word for a consequential year. Think you know what it is? Find out!
how is consequential used?
The world is changed forever: No matter how deeply affected you are鈥攎edically, financially, emotionally, or otherwise鈥攖here is no going back. But the decisions we make about how to proceed now are extremely consequential, and the potential outcomes before us are vastly different.
But in the middle of a pandemic, the most consequential of disaster decisions become complicated by fears of contagion.
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immemorial
adjective
extending back beyond memory, record, or knowledge.
More about immemorial
Immemorial 鈥渆xtending back beyond memory or knowledge鈥� ultimately comes from the Medieval Latin adjective 颈尘尘别尘辞谤颈腻濒颈蝉, equivalent to the Latin negative or privative prefix im-, a variant of –in, and (liber) 尘别尘辞谤颈腻濒颈蝉 “record (book).鈥� Immemorial entered English in the early 17th century.
how is immemorial used?
Practical foresters contend and can demonstrate that from time immemorial fire has been the salvation and preservation of our California sugar and white pine forests.
Perhaps the most esoteric of the European minority nations is the nation of Wales, Cymru in Welsh, which lives in the flank of England cherishing its own immemorial culture, squabbling and demanding more independence from the United Kingdom.
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fussbudget
noun
a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.
More about fussbudget
Fussbudget 鈥渙ne who is fussy or needlessly faultfinding鈥� is a transparent compound of the nouns fuss 鈥渂ustle, commotion鈥� and budget 鈥渋temized list of funds or expenses.鈥� The word entered English in the early 20th century; it became associated with the character Lucy Van Pelt in the comic strip Peanuts in the 1960s.
how is fussbudget used?
He was a fussbudget. His interest in ideas didn’t match his interest in small, and often silly, facts. Much of the time he saw neither the forest nor the trees but only a bit of the undergrowth.
鈥淔riends,鈥� the ever-popular television comedy, has already directed the action away from Chandler, the fussbudget, and Ross, the whiny paleontologist, to Joey of the big biceps and unambiguous urges.
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