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More about shog
The verb (and noun) shog 鈥渢o shake, jolt, to jog along鈥� is now used mostly in British dialect. The Middle English verb shogge(n) is possibly a variant of shock 鈥渢o strike, jar鈥� and is probably related to the Old High German noun scoc 鈥渁 swinging, a swing,鈥� Middle High German schock 鈥渁 swing, a seesaw,鈥� and Middle Dutch, Dutch schok 鈥渁 shake, a jolt.鈥� Shog entered English in the early 15th century.
how is shog used?
If you don’t mind I’ll shog on! I’ve got to walk fast now, or Gerda will be worrying.
Then shog along homeward, chat over the fight / And hear in our dreams the sweet music all night.
epiphonema
noun
Rhetoric.
a sentence that is an exclamation, a general or striking comment, or a succinct summary of what has previously been said.
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In classical rhetoric, epiphonema is a term for an exclamation or reflection that strikingly sums up a previous passage or discourse鈥攁 kind of moral of the story. It comes via Latin 别辫颈辫丑艒苍脓尘补 from Greek 别辫颈辫丑峁搉脓尘补 鈥渁 witty saying,鈥� from 别辫颈辫丑艒苍别卯苍 鈥渢o mention by name, call out, address,鈥� composed of a prefixal use of the preposition 别辫铆 鈥渦pon, on鈥� and 辫丑艒苍别卯苍 鈥渢o make a sound.鈥� 笔丑艒苍别卯苍 is derived from 辫丑辞苍岣� 鈥渟ound, tone, voice,鈥� ultimately seen in a variety of English words, such as Anglophone, microphone, phonetics, phonology, polyphony, and (tele)phone. Oh, what 别耻辫丑辞苍颈辞耻蝉听words derive from ancient Greek!
how is epiphonema used?
To round off his argument, Montaigne reaches for an epiphonema … “Oh, what a sweet and soft and healthy pillow is ignorance and incuriosity, to rest a well-made head!”
When the Great Teacher wished to recall or rouse attention he employed an epiphonema, saying, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear,” “Verily, verily, I say unto you,” “Hearken unto me every one of you.”
caterpillar
noun
a person who preys on others; extortioner.
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Caterpillar has a complicated history. Late Middle English has catyrpel, catirpiller (and other variants). These are probably alterations of catepelose, an Old North French variant of Old French chatepelose “hairy cat,” from chate 鈥�(female) cat,鈥� from Late Latin cattus (masculine) and catta (feminine) 鈥渃at鈥� and pelose, pelouse 鈥渉airy,鈥� from Latin 辫颈濒艒蝉耻蝉. The Middle English spelling with –yr– is probably due to association with cater 鈥渢omcat鈥� (as in caterwaul 鈥渢o utter long, wailing cries鈥�); the final –er is probably by association with piller 鈥渄别蝉辫辞颈濒别谤.鈥� Caterpillar in its original sense 鈥渓arva of a butterfly or moth鈥� entered English in the 15th century; the sense 鈥渆xtortioner鈥� arose in the late 15th century; the sense 鈥渁 tractor with two endless steel bands for moving over rough terrain鈥� is a trademark dating from the early years of the 20th century, just in time for World War I.
how is caterpillar used?
The caterpillars of the commonwealth, / Which I have sworn to weed and pluck away.
By dismissing the Hanoverians … we shall only send away the caterpillars which devour our victuals …