{"id":4743,"date":"2024-12-20T11:10:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T19:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2024-12-20T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T19:10:16","slug":"friday-vocabulary-325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=4743","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Quinquagesima<\/strong> \u2014 final Sunday before Lent, beginning of Carnival<\/p>\n

The first appearance of <\/em>Quinquagesima as a pre-Lenten feast (there is some evidence for the term being used for an anticipatory fast) cannot be found in Italy earlier than the 6th Century.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. bimble<\/strong> \u2014 [British<\/em>] to walk about in a meandering way with no fixed purpose<\/p>\n

After we’d taken care of the luggage, we <\/em>bimbled about the city, or at least the rather scruffy part of it surrounding the bus station.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. holland blind<\/strong> (sometimes capitalized) \u2014 window shade consisting of heavy fabric around a roller which is lowered or raised to cover or uncover the window<\/p>\n

He’d hidden the dangerous document by rolling it up inside the <\/em>holland blind in the bedroom, but of course the agents found it almost immediately.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. defilade<\/strong> \u2014 protection in a military position from observation or direct gunfire<\/p>\n

The lieutenant had selected the site because of its excellent <\/em>defilade, but he hadn’t figured on the Jerry artillery already having targeted our location because of just those same supposed advantages.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. cafard<\/strong> \u2014 overwhelming depression<\/p>\n

When she was seized by the <\/em>cafard, he’d learned that there was nothing he could do to help her, no word or suggestion or action on his part would make her melancholy any less, or any less lengthy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. mistrustless<\/strong> \u2014 unsuspecting, trusting<\/p>\n

Like all of his <\/em>mistrustless race he was easy prey for these first emissaries of so-called civilization.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. strangury<\/strong> \u2014 painful and frequent urge to urinate, even when bladder is empty<\/p>\n

While it is true that <\/em>strangury frequently accompanies gonorrhea, the social disease is by no means the only cause of that painful complaint.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. appulse<\/strong> \u2014 forceful movement towards or against; apparent nearness between astronomical objects, conjunction<\/p>\n

The close <\/em>appulse of the lips required for the ‘m’ sound being almost impossible for several weeks after the accident, he could sound only a guttural ‘Aaargh!’ sound whenever he wish to call Margaret.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. recalcitrant<\/strong> \u2014 stubbornly defiant; refractory, unmanageable<\/p>\n

Somehow Mrs. Srimamsadeva had managed to turn the most <\/em>recalcitrant 10th grader in the school into a model student, and all of the other teachers were anxious to learn her secret.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. spindly<\/strong> \u2014 long and thin, esp. someone or something seeming weak or fragile<\/p>\n

Chaz was a <\/em>spindly thing leaning always against the wall by the door, his left boot hooked into a chair as if he feared a sudden gust of wind might blow him away.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(slang, 1920s & 1930s, from popular brand of the time)<\/p>\n

Merry Widow<\/strong> \u2014 condom<\/p>\n

“Be sure to have a couple of <\/em>Merry Widows handy, if you know what I mean.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. Quinquagesima \u2014 final Sunday before Lent, beginning of Carnival The first appearance of Quinquagesima as a pre-Lenten feast (there is some evidence for the term being used for an anticipatory fast) cannot be found in Italy earlier than the 6th Century.   2. bimble \u2014 [British] to walk about in a meandering way with … <\/p>\n

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