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Why Dictionary.com chose vitrify
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- First recorded in 1585鈥�95.
- Combines the Latin root vitrium, meaning “glass,” + -蹿测虏.
- Related to the vitro in in vitro, meaning “glass or vial.”
EXAMPLES OF VITRIFY
- The intense heat began to vitrify the sand at the meteor’s impact site.
- Fluctuating temperatures in the kiln failed to fully vitrify the glaze on the bowl.
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Why Dictionary.com chose shindig
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- First recorded in 1855鈥�60.
- Of obscure origin; perhaps related to shinny, a stick-and-ball sport, or the Gaelic word 蝉矛苍迟别补驳, meaning “leap.”
EXAMPLES OF SHINDIG
- Nothing says summer like a rooftop shindig with string lights and loud music.
- I heard they spent ten grand on that shindig and still ran out of guacamole.
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Why Dictionary.com chose galactoid
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- First recorded in 1880鈥�85.
- Combines the Greek root 驳谩濒补, meaning “milk,” + -oid, meaning “resembling, like;” related to the word galaxy, which is from the Greek term for the Milky Way.
EXAMPLES OF GALACTOID
- The plant-based shake had a galactoid texture, smooth and rich without a trace of dairy.
- A thin galactoid mist drifted across the meadow at dawn.
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