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mammonism
noun
the greedy pursuit of riches.
More about mammonism
Mammonism 鈥渢he greedy pursuit of riches,鈥� derives from the Late Latin mammon (also 尘补尘尘艒苍补蝉 and 尘补尘尘艒苍补) 鈥渨ealth, personification of wealth,鈥� from Greek 尘补尘艒苍芒蝉, from Aramaic 尘腻尘艒苍 鈥渞iches, wealth, profit.鈥� 惭补尘艒苍芒蝉 occurs only in the Greek New Testament and is left untranslated, a usage that the Latin Vulgate also follows. By medieval times (for instance in the Old English Lindisfarne Gospels of the early 8th century) Mammon was a proper name for the Devil as the instigator of covetousness. In Piers Plowman (late 14th century), Mammon is the proper name for the devil of greed, and John Milton used Mammon as the name of one of the fallen Angels in Paradise Lost. Mammonism entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is mammonism used?
It is not so new, after all鈥攖his alliance of mammonism with epicurism鈥攖he mania for sudden wealth and the passion for a vulgar display of it in twenty-thousand-dollar banquets.
With our present system of individual Mammonism and Government by Laissez-faire, this Nation cannot live.
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inextricably
adverb
in a way that is unable to be separated or disentangled.
More about inextricably
All of the elements of the adverb inextricably, 鈥渋n a way that cannot be disentangled,鈥� come from Latin, except the final adverb suffix –ly. The adjective inextricable comes from Latin 颈苍别虫迟谤墨肠腻产颈濒颈蝉, clearly composed of the negative prefix in– (from the same Proto-Indo-European source as English un-, as in unclear) and the compound verb 别虫迟谤墨肠腻谤别 鈥渢o set free, loose, solve (a problem),鈥� which is formed from the preposition and prefix ex, ex– 鈥渙ut, out of鈥� and the plural noun 迟谤墨肠补别 鈥渒not of problems; nonsense鈥� (which has no definite etymology). The last element of 颈苍别虫迟谤墨肠腻产颈濒颈蝉 is the adjective suffix -腻产颈濒颈蝉, completely naturalized in English -able. The English adverb suffix -ly comes from Middle English -li, -lich, -liche, from Old English -濒墨肠别, an adverb suffix formed from the adjective suffix –濒墨肠. The suffix –濒墨肠 is related to the Old English noun 濒墨肠 鈥渁 body (usually dead),鈥� which survives in English lich gate, the roofed gate to a cemetery where the coffin is set for the arrival of the clergyman. In English, therefore, clearly means 鈥渨ith a clear body鈥�; in Romance (French, for example), the usual adverb suffix is -ment, from Latin mente 鈥�(with the) mind鈥�; so the French adverb clairement “clearly” literally means 鈥渨ith a clear mind.鈥� Inextricably entered English at the end of the 16th century.
how is inextricably used?
many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny, and they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
The issue of national security, for any of these countries as well as the United States, is inextricably interlinked not only with immigration and border policies but also with food security.
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beamish
adjective
bright, cheerful, and optimistic.
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You can be forgiven for thinking that beamish 鈥渂right, cheerful, optimistic鈥� is a creation of Lewis Carroll鈥檚: in his poem 鈥淛abberwocky鈥� in Through the Looking Glass (1871), Carroll wrote: 鈥�’And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? / Come to my arms, my beamish boy! / O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’ / He chortled in his joy.鈥� Carroll was only the second English author to use beamish: the first one was John Palsgrave (ca. 1485-1545), classicist, linguist, lawyer, textbook author, and–most 鈥渋nteresting鈥�–a priest serving at the court of King Henry VIII. As tutor to King Henry鈥檚 sister, Princess Mary, Palsgrave wrote and dedicated to King Henry a 1000-page French-English bilingual dictionary and contrastive grammar of English and French, Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse (1530) 鈥淭he Clarification of the French Language.鈥� In his 鈥淐larification,鈥� Palsgrave translated and defined the French adjective radieux, 鈥淏eamysshe as the sonne is, radieux.鈥�
how is beamish used?
Carell was playing Barry, a sweet, beamish misfit who builds dioramas using taxidermized mice.
As I went up the aisle at evening’s end, I was looking at rows of beamish faces, faces that were both pleased with the unfamiliar style of the show and also pleased with themselves for having managed to get the hang of it.
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