12 April 2017

torsion

[tawr-shuh n]

noun

1. the act of twisting.
2. the state of being twisted.
3. Mechanics.
the twisting of a body by two equal and opposite torques.
the internal torque so produced.
4. Mathematics.
the degree of departure of a curve from a plane.
a number measuring this.

Origin of torsion

late Middle English Old French Late Latin
1375-1425; 1535-45 for def 1; late Middle English torcion wringing one’s bowels < Old French torsion < Late Latin torsiōn- (stem of torsiō) torment, equivalent to tors (us) twisted (see torse ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

torsional, adjective
torsionally, adverb

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Examples from the Web for torsion

Historical Examples

Coulomb was the maker of the first instrument for measuring a current, which was known as the torsion balance.
Steam Steel and Electricity
James W. Steele

In the b-position, on the other hand, the torsion is against the hands of a clock.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919
Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

The torsion rod mirror reflected a distant scale by which the deflection could be read.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4
Various

Even if it is only halved, the torsion is reduced sixteenfold.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September

Anagram

in torso
sin root
son riot

Today’s quote

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

– Steve Irwin

On this day

12 April 1961 – Uri Gagarin (Russian) becomes the first man in space.

12 April 1989 – death of Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr), American welterweight and middleweight professional boxing champion, declared to be the greatest boxer of all time. Sugar Ray stood at 5′ 11″ (1.80m). He fought 200 fights, winning 173 (108 by knock-out), lost 19, drew six, with two no contests. By 1946 Sugar Ray had won 40 fights straight, but was denied a shot at the world welterweight championship because he refused to cooperate with the mafia, which controlled much of boxing. In December 1946, he was finally allowed to contest the world championship and won. In 1947 Sugar Ray defended his welterweight title against Jimmy Doyle. In the eighth round, Doyle was knocked out and died later that night. Sugar Ray crossed weight classes and also won the world middleweight championship. In 1950, he broke the record for the shortest fight by knocking out Jose Basora 50 seconds into the first round. The record wasn’t broken for a further 38 years. in 1951, he fought Jake La Motta in what became known as the St Valentine’s Day massacre after the fight was stopped in the 13th round when La Motta was out on his feet, unable to even lift his arms throw a punch. That fight and some of the other matches with La Motta were adapted for the Martin Scorsese movie, Raging Bull. Born 3 May 1921.

11 April 2017

Manichean or Manichaean

[man-i-kee-uh n]

noun

1. Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
adjective
2. of or relating to the Manicheans or their doctrines.

Origin of Manichean

Middle English, Late Latin, Late Greek
1300-1350; Middle English Maniche (< Late Latin Manichaeus < Late Greek Manichaîos of Manes) + -an

Related forms

Manicheanism, Manicheism, noun

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Examples from the Web for Manichean

Contemporary Examples

The attempts to argue it was someone else strike me as a stomach-turning example of how far people will go to force reality to fit into a Manichean worldview.
The Sarin Gas Attack in Context
Louis Proyect
8 April 2017

Now that same Manichean worldview has led the neocons to support an Afghan surge.
How the Surge Hurts Israel
Peter Beinart
December 5, 2009

Historical Examples

We are going to make a party to hear this Manichean of poesy.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. II
Thomas Moore

His mythology, when he came to paint the world in myths, was Manichean.
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle
H. N. Brailsford

Anagram

chain mane
China name
each man in
Ace hame inn
a manic hen

Today’s quote

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.

– DeWitt Clinton

On this day

11 April 1979 – Ugandan President Idi Amin (Dada) is ousted when Tanzanian rebels sieze power. Amin flees to Libya and eventually settles in Saudi Arabia. Amin had been responsible for ethnic cleansing, killing an estimated 80,000 to 300,000 people.

11 April 1981 – Riots in Brixton, South London commence following the arrest of a black man. On a day known as ‘Black Saturday’, up to 5,000 youths confront police and run riot through the streets, looting, throwing petrol bombs, burning hundreds of cars and buildings, and injuring hundreds of people. Police arrested 82 people.

10 April 2017

obverse

[noun ob-vurs; adjective ob-vurs, ob-vurs]

noun

1. the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse ).
2. the front or principal surface of anything.
3. a counterpart.
4. Logic. a proposition obtained from another by obversion.
adjective
5. facing the observer.
6. corresponding to something else as a counterpart.
7. having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.

Origin of obverse

Latin

1650-1660; < Latin obversus turned toward or against (past participle of obvertere), equivalent to ob- ob- + vert (ere) to turn + -tus past participle suffix, with tt > s

Can be confused

converse, inverse, obverse, reverse.

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Examples from the Web for obverse

Contemporary Examples

As for the obverse, my liberal allies, this explains why information that seems so obvious to us never gets through.
Bob Woodward and the Rules of Washington Morality
Michael Tomasky
March 2, 2013

The old Kaiser Franz Joseph, faithful and hardworking, was the obverse of the feckless and impetuous German kaiser.
Before the Fall: What Did the World Look Like in 1913?
Jacob Heilbrunn
June 8, 2013

Historical Examples

The piece was struck, with a tin backing applied, and the edges of the obverse were then crimped over.
American Military Insignia 1800-1851
J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell.

This name was given them from the legend, on the obverse, iam.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
John Knox

It has an obverse and a reverse side, but it is always the same medal.
The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis De Tocqueville

The reverse of the sheet contained a will exactly like that on the obverse.
Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective
Ellis Parker Butler

In passing from the obverse of our coins to the examination of the opposite side, we do this by inverting the piece.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
Various

Now this lady and her husband were in obverse relative positions.
Evan Harrington, Complete
George Meredith

The obverse has the king’s head in profile, and the reverse the usual fire-altar and supporters.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire
George Rawlinson

I don’t think nature intended to have them the obverse of men.
Evan Harrington, Complete
George Meredith

Anagram

verbose
be servo

Today’s quote

Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

On this day

10 April 1815 – Indonesia’s Mount Tambora volcano begins a three month long eruption that lasted until 15 July 1815. It killed 71,000 people and affected the world’s climate for the next two years.

10 April 1912 – the ill-fated Titanic departs the port in Southampton, England bound for New York. On 14 April 1912, she hit an ice-berg and sank, killing more than 1,500 people.

10 April 1919 – death of Emiliano Zapata Salazar, Mexican revolutionary. Born 8 August 1879.

10 April 1979 – birth of Rachel Corrie, American peace activist. She was killed on 16 May 2003 when run over by an Israeli bulldozer that she was trying to stop from demolishing a Palestinian house in Gaza. Rachel was committed from an early age to human rights and caring for the poor as shown in this speech she gave in the fifth grade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g__QAJ5gtQk

9 April 2017

supercilious

[soo-per-sil-ee-uh s]

adjective

1. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Origin of supercilious

Latin

1520-1530; Latin superciliōsus. See supercilium, -ous

Related forms

superciliously, adverb
superciliousness, noun
unsupercilious, adjective
unsuperciliously, adverb
unsuperciliousness, noun

Synonyms

arrogant, scornful.

Antonyms

humble.

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Examples from the Web for supercilious

Contemporary Examples

Gore comes off as a supercilious grandstander who gets swatted away dismissively by the brilliant Bill Clinton.
The Quiet General Strikes Back
Lloyd Grove
October 14, 2010

To point that out, of course, will only strengthen her sense of being persecuted by supercilious elites.
How Palin Flunks Feminism
Michelle Goldberg
November 25, 2010

Too often, it’s just our supercilious attitude to this thing called relief.
The Pointlessness of Some Disaster Charity After the Indian Floods
Dilip D’Souza
June 25, 2013

Historical Examples

I replied with, perhaps, some superfluous ardor to this supercilious speech, and a very hot discussion ensued.
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

Her reception of the Currans, while supercilious in expression, was really sincere.
The Art of Disappearing
John Talbot Smith

He never saluted me with other than what I regarded as a supercilious nod of the head.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
George MacDonald

There was no concealing the fact, Cecil had meant to be supercilious, and he had succeeded.
A Room With A View
E. M. Forster

He did not care what criticism the supercilious might make, the act was to him spontaneous and natural.
The Candidate
Joseph Alexander Altsheler

My gray thought him a supercilious snob, no doubt, and hated him.
Starlight Ranch
Charles King

The haughtiness which the psalmist disclaims has its seat in the heart and its manifestation in supercilious glances.
The Expositor’s Bible: The Psalms, Volume III
Alexander Maclaren

Anagram

luscious ripe

Today’s quote

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

– Dietrich Bonhoeffer

On this day

9 April 1413 – Henry V crowned King of England.

9 April 1682 – Robert Cavelier de la Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River. He names it Louisiana and claims it in the name of France.

9 April 1865 – Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.

9 April 1867 – United States Senate ratifies by one vote, a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.

9 April 1937 – the first Japanese-made aircraft to fly to Europe lands at Croydon Airport, London. It’s name is the Kamikaze.

9 April 1945 – execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident. He was executed at Flossenburg Concentration Camp two weeks before the camp was liberated by US soldiers. Born 4 February 1904.

9 April 1948 – around 120 fighters from the Zionist paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, a Palestinian Arab village of roughly 600 people. The assault occurred as Jewish militia sought to retaliate against the blockade of Jerusalem by Palestinian Arab forces during the civil war that preceded the end of British rule in Palestine. The Palestinians tried to resist the attack, but the village fell after fierce house-to-house fighting. 107 Palestinians were murdered during and after the battle for the village, including women and children—some were shot, while others died when hand grenades were thrown into their homes. Several villagers were taken prisoner and may have been killed after being paraded through the streets of West Jerusalem. Four of the attackers were killed, with around 35 injured. The killings were condemned by the leadership of the Haganah—the Jewish community’s main paramilitary force—and by the area’s two chief rabbis. The Jewish Agency for Israel sent Jordan’s King Abdullah a letter of apology, which he rebuffed. Abdullah held the Jewish Agency responsible for the massacre, because they were the head of Jewish affairs in Palestine. He warned about “terrible consequences” if more incidents like that occurred. The deaths became a pivotal event in the Arab–Israeli conflict for their demographic and military consequences. The narrative was embellished and used by various parties to attack each other—by Palestinians against Israeli forces; by the Haganah to hide their complicity in the affair; and by the Israeli left to accuse the Irgun and Lehi of violating the Jewish principle of purity of arms, thus exposing Israel’s behaviour to the world. News of the killings sparked terror among Palestinians, encouraging them to flee from their towns and villages in the face of Jewish troop advances, and it strengthened the resolve of Arab governments to intervene, which they did five weeks later. (Wikipedia.org)

8 April 2017

vice versa

[vahy-suh vur-suh, vahys, vahy-see]

adverb

1. in reverse order from the way something has been stated; the other way around: She dislikes me, and vice versa.
Copernicus was the first to suggest that the earth revolves around the sun, and not vice versa.
Synonyms: conversely, contrariwise, inversely.

Origin of vice versa

1595-1605; < Latin, equivalent to vice vice3+ versā, ablative singular feminine of versus, past participle of vertere to turn

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Examples from the Web for vice versa

Contemporary Examples

McCain has frequently referred to Powell as one of the greatest national servants he has known — and vice versa.
Powell Backs Obama
Steve Clemons
October 18, 2008

On the principle of the enemy of my enemy is my friend, people who hate Muslims should love Jews, and vice versa.
How to Spot an Islamophobe
James Carroll
January 29, 2010

But very few people could replace their trips to Costco with visits to Walmart, or vice versa.
Why Can’t Walmart Be More Like Costco?
Megan McArdle
November 25, 2012

Anagram

vicars eve
vice raves

Today’s quote

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

― George Orwell

On this day

8 April 1947 – birth of Larry Norman, pioneering Christian rock musician. Died 24 February 2008.

8 April 1861 – death of Elisha Graves Otis, American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. In 1854, he put the finishing touches to his signature invention: a safety device to prevent elevators falling if the cable fails.

7 April 2017

peri

[peer-ee]

noun, plural peris.

1. one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
2. any lovely, graceful person.

Origin of peri

Persian, Middle Persian, Avestan

1770-1780; < Persian perī, variant of parī fairy, Middle Persian parīk, Avestan pairikā witch

Peri

[pe-ree]

noun

1. Jacopo [yah-kaw-paw] (Show IPA), 1561–1633, Italian composer.
peri-
1. a prefix meaning “about” or “around” ( perimeter, periscope), “enclosing” or “surrounding” ( pericardium), and “near” ( perigee, perihelion), appearing in loanwords from Greek ( peripeteia); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( perimorph).

Origin

< Greek, prefixal use of perí (adv. and preposition)

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Examples from the Web for peri

Contemporary Examples

peri, the top student in the ninth grade, waved off our translator and made it through most of the interview without help.
Afghan Women’s Uncertain Future
Ann Marlowe
December 2, 2010

peri somehow learned the English keyboard and used the program.
Afghan Women’s Uncertain Future
Ann Marlowe
December 2, 2010

Historical Examples

The very bouquet of flowers—some peri ‘s hand had placed beneath the shrine—withered and faded, was there still.
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.
Various

Anagram

ripe
pier

Today’s quote

Where’s your will to be weird?

– Jim Morrison

On this day

7 April 1933 – beer available again in 19 U.S. states since it had been banned on 16 January 1920.

7 April 1947 – death of Henry Ford, American industrialist and car maker. Born 30 July 1863.

6 April 2017

primogeniture

[prahy-muh-jen-i-cher, -choo r]

noun

1. the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
2. Law. the system of inheritance or succession by the firstborn, specifically the eldest son.

Origin of primogeniture

Medieval Latin

1585-1595; < Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra a first birth, equivalent to Latin prīmō at first + genitūra, equivalent to genit (us) (past participle of gignere to beget; see kin ) + -ūra -ure

Related forms

primogenitary, primogenital, adjective
primogenitureship, noun

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Examples from the Web for primogeniture

Contemporary Examples

The modern equivalent of primogeniture in the U.S., as Schine sees it, is divorce.
This Week’s Hot Reads
The Daily Beast
February 17, 2010

Historical Examples

Disintegration was greatly increased by the practice of the partition of territories among brothers in place of primogeniture.
The World’s Greatest Books, Vol XI.
Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

Here then emerges the historical difficulty of primogeniture.
Ancient Law
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine

Anagram

Timor pureeing
permute origin
premiering out
trio up regimen

Today’s quote

Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

– Gamaliel Bailey

On this day

6 April 1895 – The Australian ballad, ‘Waltzing Matilda‘ is performed at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton (central-west Queensland). This is believed to be the first time the song was performed in public.

6 April 1896 – The Olympic Games recommences in Athens 1,501 years after being banned by Emperor Theodosius I in 393AD.

6 April 1909 – Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson become the first men to reach the North Pole. Their claim is in dispute because of navigation techniques and lack of independent verification.

6 April 2006 – the National Geographic Society reveals the discovery of a papyrus codex in a cave near El Minya, Egypt, which it claims is the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. The codex is yet to be verified as written by Judas.

5 April 2017

hobble

[hob-uh l]

verb (used without object), hobbled, hobbling.

1. to walk lamely; limp.
2. to proceed irregularly and haltingly:
His verses hobble with their faulty meters.
verb (used with object), hobbled, hobbling.
3. to cause to limp:
His tight shoes hobbled him.
4. to fasten together the legs of (a horse, mule, etc.) by short lengths of rope to prevent free motion.
5. to impede; hamper the progress of.
noun
6. an act of hobbling; an uneven, halting gait; a limp.
7. a rope, strap, etc., used to hobble an animal.
8. hobbles, a leg harness for controlling the gait of a pacer.
9. Archaic. an awkward or difficult situation.

Origin of hobble

Middle English

1300-1350; Middle English hobelen, apparently akin to hob protuberance, uneven ground, and to Dutch hobbelen, German hoppeln to jolt

Related forms

hobbler, noun
unhobbled, adjective
unhobbling, adjective

Synonyms

5. hinder, restrict, frustrate, cramp.

Antonyms

5. aid, assist, benefit.

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Examples from the Web for hobble

Contemporary Examples

Hardly able to hobble into the room on his bruised and engorged feet, he sported black eyes.
Despite Pledge, Syrian Rebels Continue to Torture
Jamie Dettmer
August 14, 2012

Just the distraction that this kind of case creates can hobble even the most successful, well-run company.
Antitrust Suit Could Bring Down Google
Dan Lyons
April 26, 2012

This, more than any one scandal, is likely to hobble the party for the next few election cycles.
Paging Rose Mary Woods: Obama’s Unbelievable Missing IRS Emails
James Poulos
June 17, 2014

A few days before, she had managed to stand and hobble around the ward.
Surviving Syria’s Incendiary Bomb Attacks
Paul Adrian Raymond
December 10, 2013

Historical Examples

Since he had begun to hobble about, he had gradually come to be accepted by the town in general.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
Marie Conway Oemler

Johnny started to hobble down the porch steps when Barney stopped him.
Make Mine Homogenized
Rick Raphael

The poor vagabond must hobble through life on one leg, henceforward.
Stories by American Authors, Volume 7
Various

With two sticks, I can hobble about the house and garden; without them, behold me a fixture.
Rita
Laura E. Richards

She objects to modern dancing, especially the hobble skirts.
Ways of War and Peace
Delia Austrian

Is it the first time that I have thrust myself into a hobble?
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851
Various

Anagram

he blob

Today’s quote

The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.

– Allen Ginsberg

On this day

5 April 1839 – birth of Robert Smalls, African American who was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. When he was a teenager, his master sent him to Charleston to work. Smalls ended up working on boats and became adept at all manner of work around wharves and boats, including stevedore, rigger, sail maker and wheelman (essentially a pilot, although slaves were not granted that title). During the Civil War, he was asked to steer a lightly armed Confederate vessel, the CSS Planter. One evening, after the white crew members disembarked, Smalls dressed in the captain’s uniform and commandeered the vessel with the help of seven other slaves, sailing towards Union ships. On the way, he picked up his wife and child, as well as the families of the other slave crewman. As they neared the Union ships, Smalls flew a white bed-sheet from the mast as a symbol of surrender. Smalls was treated as a hero by the Union. He later successfully petitioned President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, to allow black men to fight for the Union. Stanton signed an order allowing 5,000 black men to enlist with Union forces. Smalls was made pilot of the USS Keokuk. After the Civil War, Smalls returned to Beaufort and bought his former master’s house. Smalls became a businessman, operating a store for freed men. He also became politically active, joining the Republican Party. In 1868 Smalls was elected to the State House of Representatives. He worked on passing the Civil Rights Bill and in 1868, the Republican government enacted the Civil Rights Act, which gave citizenship to all Americans, regardless of race. Smalls was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1874, and served two terms.In 1912, Smalls famously described the Republican Party as, ‘the party of Lincoln … which unshackled the necks of four million human beings‘. In 1913, Smalls stopped a lynch mob from lynching two black men, after he warned their mayor that blacks he’d sent through the city would burn the town down if the mob wasn’t stopped. The mayor and sheriff stopped the mob. Smalls inspirational life went from slave, to hijacker, to defector, to politician and civil rights campaigner. Died 23 February 1915.

5 April 1994 – death of Kurt Cobain. Lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for Nirvana. He was 27. Born 20 February 1967. The exact date of his death is unknown as his body wasn’t discovered until 8 April 1994.

5 April 1997 – death of Allen Ginsberg, leading American beat-generation writer and poet. Born 3 June 1926.

4 April 2017

c’est la guerre

[se la ger]

French.

1. such is war.

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Examples from the Web for c’est la guerre

Historical Examples

If you grumble, a clerk will smile and say, ” c’est la guerre.”
Huts in Hell
Daniel A. Poling

I can only murmur with the French shop keepers ” c’est la guerre.”
Over Here
Hector MacQuarrie

To them and to us c’est la guerre had much the significance of “All in the day’s work.”
Average Americans
Theodore Roosevelt

Anagram

treacle urges
recreate lugs
secular greet
lecture rages

Today’s quote

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

– Maya Angelou

On this day

4 April 1928 – birth of Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson), American author, poet and civil rights activist. Maya wrote seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poems. She had numerous occupations, including fry cook, dancer, actor, director and journalist. Her civil rights activism saw her work with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Died 28 May 2014.

4 April 1968 – assassination of Martin Luther King. American civil rights activist and clergyman. Born 15 January 1929.

3 April 2017

clavier⁽¹⁾

[kluh-veer, klav-ee-er, kley-vee-]

noun

1. the keyboard of a musical instrument.

Origin of clavier¹

1700-1710; < French: keyboard, in Old French, keyholder, equivalent to Latin clāvi (s) key + -ier -ier2

clavier⁽²⁾ or klavier

[kluh-veer, klav-ee-er, kley-vee-]

noun

1. any musical instrument having a keyboard, especially a stringed keyboard instrument, as a harpsichord, clavichord, or piano.

Origin

1835-45; < German Klavier < French clavier keyboard; see clavier⁽¹⁾

Related forms

clavierist, noun

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Examples from the Web for clavier

Historical Examples

Miss clavier was evidently almost as astonished as her listener, but she had committed herself.
The Dust of Conflict
David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

“Writing a concerto for the clavier,” answered the small boy.
Historic Boyhoods
Rupert Sargent Holland

Weber sang in all thirteen times, and twice played the clavier, which she does very well.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Otto Jahn

In a corner some musicians discoursed on viols and lutes and a clavier.
The Mercenary
W. J. Eccott

The clavier by its very nature tended towards polyphony; the violin towards monody.
The Pianoforte Sonata
J.S. Shedlock

We think that when you get your clavier with your Commencement money, we had better get a piano also.
Basil Everman
Elsie Singmaster

Several tunes with clavier bass, almost foreshadowing the modern song.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1
Various

I wrote to you how she plays the clavier, and why she begged me to assist her.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)
Otto Jahn

Bach’s piano was the clavier, upon which he was the greatest virtuoso of his time.
A Popular History of the Art of Music
W. S. B. Mathews

It must be remembered that such pieces as these were always accompanied on the clavier.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Otto Jahn

Anagram

live car
evil arc

Today’s quote

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

– Marcus Garvey

On this day

3 April 1973 – the world’s first mobile phone call is made from a Manhattan street corner, by Motorola’s Martin Cooper to his rival, Joel Engel from Bell.

3 April 1882 – death of Jesse James, U.S. outlaw. (Born 5 September 1847).