51吃瓜 of the Day
traipse
[ treyps ]
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verb
to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal.
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Why Dictionary.com chose traipse
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- Traipse was first recorded in 1585鈥�95.
- Traipse was once spelled聽trapse and may be similar to an old verb trape.
- It is possible that traipse is related聽to tramp, “to walk heavily; to stamp.”
- Traipse can also be a noun, defined as “a tiring walk.”
EXAMPLES OF TRAIPSE
- After getting lost in the city, we had to traipse through countless streets before finally finding our way back to the hotel.
- Rather than following a strict itinerary, they preferred to traipse through the narrow alleys of the old town, discovering hidden gems along the way.
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incunabula
[ in-kyoo-nab-yuh-luh ]
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plural noun
the earliest stages or first traces of anything.
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Why Dictionary.com chose incunabula
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- Incunabula was first recorded in 1815鈥�25.
- Incunabula comes from Latin and means variously 鈥渢he straps holding a baby in a cradle,” “earliest home,” or “birthplace.鈥�
- Incunabula also refers to “books produced in the earliest stages (before 1501) of printing from movable type.”
- In that sense, incunabula has the singular form incunabulum.
EXAMPLES OF INCUNABULA
- The discovery of crude stone tools marked the incunabula of human civilization.
- The faded photographs from the 1800s are cherished incunabula of our family history.
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macabre
[ muh-kah-bruh, -kahb ]
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adjective
gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
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- Macabre was first recorded in English in 1400鈥�50.
- Macabre comes from French, most likely from the phrase danse (de) 惭补肠补产谤茅, “dance of death.”
- Danse (de) 惭补肠补产谤茅, of uncertain origin, refers to a symbolic dance in which Death, represented as a skeleton, leads people or skeletons to their grave.
EXAMPLES OF MACABRE
- Halloween decorations adorned the front yard, creating a delightfully macabre atmosphere.
- The artist’s eerie paintings captured the macabre beauty of decay and darkness.
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