November 2018 WOTDs
27 November 2018
trammel
[tram-uh l]
noun
1. Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
the trammels of custom.
2. an instrument for drawing ellipses.
3. Also called tram. a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine.
4. trammel net.
5. a fowling net.
6. a contrivance hung in a fireplace to support pots or kettles over the fire.
7. a fetter or shackle, especially one used in training a horse to amble.
verb (used with object), trammeled, trammeling or (especially British) trammelled, trammelling.
8. to involve or hold in trammels; restrain.
9. to catch or entangle in or as in a net.
Origin of trammel
Middle English, Middle French, Late Latin
1325-1375; Middle English tramayle < Middle French tramail, variant of tremail three-mesh net < Late Latin trēmaculum, equivalent to Latin trē(s) three + macula mesh
Related forms
trammeler; especially British, trammeller, noun
untrammeled, adjective
untrammelled, adjective
Synonyms
1. drag, hobble, curb, inhibition. 8. hinder, impede, obstruct, encumber.
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Examples from the Web for trammel
Historical Examples
What need have we of these brutal proofs which trammel our liberty?
English Conferences of Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan
Reason is confined within none of the partitions which trammel it in life.
The Book-lover
James Baldwin
I shall not trammel you with any restrictions or annoy you with any advice.
The Deep Lake Mystery
Carolyn Wells
The libraries have not killed sincerity; they have done no more than trammel it.
A Novelist on Novels
W. L. George
The most correct method of drawing an ellipse is by means of an instrument termed a trammel, which is shown in Figure 83.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught
Joshua Rose
A trammel was found in the solid substance of a tree in Onondaga.
Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Free-Will and Providence do not trammel each other, but harmoniously co-operate to the same end.
Homer’s Odyssey
Denton J. Snider
The bar is set with the index at zero, and the trammel is set at the muzzle velocity used in the computation for the shot.
The Gunner’s Examiner
Harold E. Cloke
This veto power was a trammel, and an unnecessary restraint on the freedom of legislation.
History of the Constitutions of Iowa
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
The National Assembly, sovereign and philosophic, soars above their errors, their trammel ; and their example.
The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6)
Hippolyte A. Taine
26 November 2018
stooge
[stooj]
noun
1. an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
2. any underling, assistant, or accomplice.
verb (used without object), stooged, stooging.
3. to act as a stooge.
Origin of stooge
1910-1915 An Americanism dating back to 1910-15; origin uncertain
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Examples from the Web for stooge
Contemporary Examples
Other speakers suggested that Barack Obama himself had become a stooge of the Islamists, or possibly even a closet Muslim.
Bachmann, Gaffney, and the GOP’s Anti-Muslim Culture of Conspiracy
Jonathan Kay
July 23, 2012
There is a perceived danger in hiring foreign firms, a fear of being seen as a Western stooge.
Iraq’s New Hired Guns
Michael Hastings
January 19, 2010
Historical Examples
They tried to tell people what Venus was like, and what lies Carlson and his stooge Jaimison were using for bait.
The Merchants of Venus
A. H. Phelps
The papers said that the steel necktie worn by my stooge at the theatre had to be cut off by a water-cooled electric saw.
The Double Spy
Dan T. Moore
If I’m half as good a stooge as I think I am, we’ll be needing overcoats before we get back.
Queen of the Flaming Diamond
Leroy Yerxa
If the contest was a part of the day’s program, no spectator seemed willing to play ” stooge ” in this preliminary performance.
David Lannarck, Midget
George S. Harney
And see how he managed to slide in that bit about corruption, right before his stooge handed him that bulletin?
Null-ABC
Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
His stooge, who had already risen with a prepared speech of seconding, simply gaped.
Null-ABC
Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
Anagram
goes to
set goo
to egos
25 November 2018
vagary
[vuh-gair-ee, vey-guh-ree]
noun, plural vagaries.
1. an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance:
the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
2. a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action.
Origin of vagary
Latin
1565-1575, in sense “wandering journey”; apparently < Latin vagārī to wander
Synonyms
2. caprice, whim, quirk, crotchet.
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Examples from the Web for vagary
Historical Examples
How near they would pass depended on the vagary of the waves and the tide.
Blow The Man Down
Holman Day
The storm still raged, and she thought it was a vagary of the lightning.
Southern Stories
Various
What vagary had sent a girl who looked like this upon such a task!
Before the Dawn
Joseph Alexander Altsheler
If we could civilize our schools, we should have no mention of legislation by vagary.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation
Austin O’Malley
So, Stephen, after a lifetime of vagary and wandering, this is the result.
The Pillar of Light
Louis Tracy
They longed for a vagary into the country, and now they are fitted.
The Works of John Marston
John Marston
Now all the weird fancies of the night had been just a vagary of mind.
Bulldog Carney
W. A. Fraser
He was ready for any illusion, susceptible to any vagary of the imagination.
The World For Sale, Complete
Gilbert Parker
In this particular case, however, Bertram’s vagary of fancy had some excuse.
Miss Billy
Eleanor H. Porter
But such is the vagary of the human mind, that safety was the least of his thoughts.
The Broncho Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers
Frank Fowler
24 November 2018
appetence
[ap-i-tuh ns]
noun
1. intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite.
2. instinctive inclination or natural tendency.
3. material or chemical attraction or affinity.
Also, appetency.
Origin of appetence
Latin
1600-1610; appete (obsolete) to seek for, long for (< Latin appetere, equivalent to ap- ap-1+ petere to seek) + -ence; or < French appétence
Related forms
appetent, adjective
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Examples from the Web for appetence
Historical Examples
For perception in any subject is vain, unless it can desire, and appetence is useless, unless it can move.
North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826
Various
Anagram
peace pent
a pet pence
22 November 2018
squib
[skwib]
noun
1. a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.
2. Journalism. a short news story, often used as a filler.
3. a small firework, consisting of a tube or ball filled with powder, that burns with a hissing noise terminated usually by a slight explosion.
4. a firecracker broken in the middle so that it burns with a hissing noise but does not explode.
5. Australian. a coward.
6. an electric, pyrotechnic device for firing the igniter of a rocket engine, especially a solid-propellant engine.
7. Obsolete. a mean or paltry fellow.
verb (used without object), squibbed, squibbing.
8. to write squibs.
9. to shoot a squib.
10. to explode with a small, sharp sound.
11. to move swiftly and irregularly.
12. Australian.
to be afraid.
to flee; escape.
verb (used with object), squibbed, squibbing.
13. to assail in squibs or lampoons.
14. to toss, shoot, or utilize as a squib.
Origin of squib
1515-1525 First recorded in 1515-25; origin uncertain
Related forms
squibbish, adjective
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Examples from the Web for squib
Historical Examples
Here is a pistol, it is not loaded, but there is powder in the pan, and you can squib it.
The Buccaneer Chief
Gustave Aimard
He arrived at his climax like a squib that attains its ideal.
When Ghost Meets Ghost
William Frend De Morgan
But the squib is run to the end of the rope: room for the prodigy of valour.
Character Writings of the 17th Century
Various
Would Leonidas have fastened a squib to the robe of the Spartan mother?
Damon and Delia
William Godwin
With eleven illustrations, designed by squib, and engraved by Point.
Life of Charles Dickens
Frank Marzials
We entreat our readers not to receive the above as a squib of invention.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Various
Equally acceptable for its rarity would be a squib on Mrs. Piozzi without a reference to the brewery.
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.)
Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi
“I could turn him with a bit of a bush,” said squib, glancing at Gouws, who was drawing gradually nearer to the party.
Six Months at the Cape
R.M. Ballantyne
It is generally believed that squib has not gone guinea-fowl shooting among ostriches since that day!
Six Months at the Cape
R.M. Ballantyne
The squib had long burnt out by the time we got there; but the sight that met our astonished gaze was magnificent.
A Veldt Official
Bertram Mitford
21 November 2018
swain
[sweyn]
noun
1. a male admirer or lover.
2. a country lad.
3. a country gallant.
Origin of swain
Middle English, Old Norse
1150 before 1150; Middle English swein servant < Old Norse sveinn boy, servant; cognate with Old English swān
Related forms
swainish, adjective
swainishness, noun
underswain, noun
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Examples from the Web for swain
Contemporary Examples
The more costly the musical ingredients, the greater the swain ‘s devotion!
Jane Journeys On
Ruth Comfort Mitchell
A swain touched then his lute, or whatever you may call it, to his Dulcinea.
The Lady and the Pirate
Emerson Hough
Her own swain was waiting for her, but not for that would she abjure the quest.
Country Neighbors
Alice Brown
20 November 2018
flimflam
[flim-flam] Informal.
noun
1. a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
2. a piece of nonsense; twaddle; bosh.
verb (used with object), flimflammed, flimflamming.
3. to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat:
A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings.
Origin of flimflam
1530-1540 First recorded in 1530-40; gradational compound of expressive orig.
Related forms
flimflammer, noun
flimflammery, noun
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Examples from the Web for flimflam
Historical Examples
As long as there is plenty of flimflam to distract the viewer.
Toy Shop
Henry Maxwell Dempsey
I tried my darndest to flimflam the information out of him, but it was no use.
The Gray Phantom’s Return
Herman Landon
A flimflam offer by a theologian of inchoate title to improved real estate in the Sky for real estate, rentals and cash on Earth.
The Roycroft Dictionary
Elbert Hubbard flimflam
19 November 2018
tant pis
[tahn pee]
French.
1. so much the worse.
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Examples from the Web for tant pis
Historical Examples
” tant pis, and tant mieux” said Clarence, and so they parted.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
If the father or mother should then exclaim “ tant pis pour eux!”
“Gombo Zhbes”
Lafcadio Hearn
Well, ” tant pis,” as Guépratte would say with a shrug of his shoulders.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I
Ian Hamilton
If you outrun them, well and good; if not, tant pis pour vous.
Mr. Fortescue
William Westall
” tant pis pour Sorrente,” said the homme de lettres, carelessly.
The Parisians, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
If the facts showed them irreconcilable, tant pis pour les faits.
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers
“So much the worse both for you and your son;” tant pis pour vous et pour votre fils, said Rousseau.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2)
John Hill Burton
That ancient wall destroying the value of a good building site—’ tant pis !’
The Cape Peninsula
Rn Juta
He knew equally that he should presently have to write a note of apology—and that it would not do an atom of good, tant pis.
Life at High Tide
Various
18 November 2018
polydactyl
[pol-ee-dak-til]
adjective, Also, polydactylous
1. having many or several digits.
2. having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
noun
3. a polydactyl animal.
Origin of polydactyl
Greek
1860-1865 From the Greek word polydáktylos, dating back to 1860-65. See poly-, -dactyl
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Examples from the Web for polydactyl
Historical Examples
Let us consider next what happens when a polydactyl individual is crossed with a normal individual.
Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl
Charles Benedict Davenport
It is also clear that the offspring of Silkie crosses are more apt to be polydactyl than those of Houdan crosses.
Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl
Charles Benedict Davenport
This inquiry is suggested by Castle’s study (1906, p. 20) of polydactyl guinea-pigs.
Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl
Charles Benedict Davenport
14 November 2018
andiron
[and-ahy-ern]
noun
1. one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
Origin of andiron
Middle English, Anglo-French, Old French, Gaulish
1250-1300; Middle English aundyr(n)e, Anglo-French aundyre, with the 2nd syllable taken as Middle English ire, iren iron < Old French andier, allegedly < Gaulish *anderos young animal (through known use of animals’ heads as decorations on andirons), though supposed relation between this word and Middle Welsh anneir, Breton annoer heifer, Old Irish ainder young woman, poses serious phonetic problems
Regional variation note
See dog iron, firedog.
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Examples from the Web for andiron
Historical Examples
He hit it against the andiron to knock the ashes off, and plunged it into the mixture.
Ben Comee
M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
He was looking at the elevated portions of the andiron which were invisible to me.
The Sleuth of St. James’s Square
Melville Davisson Post
An andiron, a wash-tub, is the result of an idea that did not exist before.
Mark Twain’s Speeches
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
13 November 2018
morphology
[mawr-fol-uh-jee]
noun
1. the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
2. the form and structure of an organism considered as a whole.
3. Linguistics.
the patterns of word formation in a particular language, including inflection, derivation, and composition.
the study and description of such patterns.
the study of the behavior and combination of morphemes.
Bring Back
4. Physical Geography. geomorphology.
5. the form or structure of anything:
to gain an insight into the morphology of our political system.
6. the study of the form or structure of anything.
Origin of morphology
German
1820-1830; morpho- + -logy; first formed in German
Related forms
morphologic [mawr-fuh-loj-ik] (Show IPA), morphological, adjective
morphologically, adverb
morphologist, noun
unmorphological, adjective
unmorphologically, adverb
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Examples from the Web for morphology
Historical Examples
What proportion of time should be given to morphology in relation to other interests?
College Teaching
Paul Klapper
Furthermore, morphology is in reality a basal consideration.
College Teaching
Paul Klapper
The morphology and Distribution of the wandering cells of Mammalia.
Histology of the Blood
Paul Ehrlich
12 November 2018
quacksalver
[kwak-sal-ver]
noun
1. a quack doctor.
2. a charlatan.
Origin of quacksalver
early Dutch
1570-1580; < early Dutch (now kwakzalver); see quack1, salve1, -er1
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11 November 2018
alienist
[eyl-yuh-nist, ey-lee-uh-]
noun
1. (formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
2. an expert witness in a sanity trial.
Origin of alienist
French
1860-1865; alien(ation) + -ist; compare French aliéniste in same sense
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Examples from the Web for alienist
Historical Examples
Why might not Allonby have deceived him as to the alienist ‘s diagnosis?
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10)
Edith Wharton
The English poet’s plays are a perfect storehouse of examples for the alienist.
Iconoclasts
James Huneker
To the alienist and the criminal anthropologist it is a social pathology.
Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, October 1899
Various
No doctor, no alienist, would have pronounced him mad, of course.
The Brightener
C. N. Williamson
I feel that she is likely to get an alienist in at any time.
Outside Inn
Ethel M. Kelley
But there was my friend Dr. Alten, alienist, who lived within a mile of here.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931
Various
And yet this is just what the jurist constantly demands of the alienist.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
Bernard Glueck
They are the people of what the alienist calls the “idée fixe.”
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
Gaius Glenn Atkins
Ezra Melville and Forest, the alienist from Seattle, were already in session.
The Sky Line of Spruce
Edison Marshall
McNamara focused an intent gaze first on Ben, then on the alienist.
The Sky Line of Spruce
Edison Marshall
10 November 2018
biophilia
[bahy-oh-fil-ee-uh, ‐feel-yuh]
noun
1. a love of life and the living world; the affinity of human beings for other life forms.
Origin of biophilia
1960-1965; < New Latin “love of life” from bio- + -philia; coined by Erich Fromm in The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil (1964) to mean “love for humanity and nature, and independence and freedom”; extended by Edward O. Wilson in Biophilia (1984) to mean “the rich, natural pleasure that comes from being surrounded by living organisms.”
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8 November 2018
Apeirogon
noun
– a polygon with infinite sides.
Origin
(from the Greek word ἄπειρος apeiros, “infinite, boundless” and γωνία gonia, “angle”)
Example
A regular apeirogon has equal edge lengths, just like any regular polygon, {p}. Its Schläfli symbol is {∞}, and its Coxeter–Dynkin diagram is CDel node 1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node.png. It is the first in the dimensional family of regular hypercubic honeycombs. An isogonal apeirogon has a single type of vertex and alternates two types of edges. A quasiregular apeirogon is an isogonal apeirogon with equal edge lengths. An isotoxal apeirogon, being the dual of an isogonal one, has one type of edge, and two types of vertices, and is therefore geometrically identical to the regular apeirogon. It can be shown seen by drawing vertices in alternate colors. All of these will have half the symmetry (double the fundamental domain sizes) of the regular apeirogon. Apeirogons in the hyperbolic plane, most notably the regular apeirogon, {∞}, can have a curvature just like finite polygons of the Euclidean plane, with the vertices circumscribed by horocycles or hypercycles rather than circles. Regular apeirogons that are scaled to converge at infinity have the symbol {∞} and exist on horocycles, while more generally they can exist on hypercycles.
www.wikipedia.org
7 November 2018
verdant
[vur-dnt]
adjective
1. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass:
a verdant oasis.
2. of the color green:
a verdant lawn.
3. inexperienced; unsophisticated:
verdant college freshmen.
Origin of verdant
1575-1585 First recorded in 1575-85; verd(ure) + -ant
Related forms
verdancy, noun
verdantly, adverb
unverdant, adjective
unverdantly, adverb
Synonyms
1. lush, grassy.
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Examples from the Web for verdant
Contemporary Examples
A jacket resembled a verdant forest with its beautiful chaos of green feathers.
Chanel, Armani, and Givenchy Present Their Haute-Couture Collections in Paris
Robin Givhan
July 4, 2012
It was a typical suburban dwelling with a verdant lawn and lots of flowering shrubs.
My Time With Betty Ford
Sandra McElwaine
July 10, 2011
What better way to celebrate spring than with a verdant bowl of budding goodness?
What to Eat: Easter
Cookstr.com
March 30, 2010
Historical Examples
At length they rose from the verdant green, and chased each other in mock pursuit.
Imogen
William Godwin
Suddenly the whole face of it was adorned with a verdant, undulating robe.
Imogen
William Godwin
6 November 2018
ingratiating
[in-grey-shee-ey-ting]
adjective
1. charming; agreeable; pleasing.
2. deliberately meant to gain favor:
an ingratiating manner.
Origin of ingratiating
1635-1645 First recorded in 1635-45; ingratiate + -ing2
Related forms
ingratiatingly, adverb
uningratiating, adjective
ingratiate
[in-grey-shee-eyt]
verb (used with object), ingratiated, ingratiating.
1. to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests.
She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
Origin
1615-25; perhaps; Latin in grātiam into favor, after Italian ingraziare. See in, grace, -ate1
Related forms
ingratiation, noun
ingratiatory [in-grey-shee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] (Show IPA), adjective
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Examples from the Web for ingratiating
Contemporary Examples
They might have been the most ingratiating band in the world.
Gwyneth Paltrow Haunts Coldplay’s Self-Conscious Breakup Album ‘Ghost Stories’
Andrew Romano
May 20, 2014
Though David was criticized for tossing softball or ingratiating questions, he, in fact, knew what he was doing.
The Private David Frost
John M. Florescu
September 3, 2013
He could be petty and mean-spirited to subordinates, ingratiating and sycophantic to bosses and celebrities.
The Only Sportscaster That Mattered: New Biography of Howard Cosell
Robert Lipsyte
November 20, 2011
Man gets divorced late in life and copes by ingratiating himself with unsuspecting Brooklynites.
Bill Murray Crashes Karaoke and More Crazy Moments
The Daily Beast
January 7, 2011
It does not, of course, follow that an ingratiating interview request will be mean an ingratiating interview.
July 19: 7 Best Moments From Sunday Talk
The Daily Beast Video
July 19, 2009
Historical Examples
“We do not understand you,” he said with an ingratiating smile.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930
Various
The young man smiled and it was much too cold to be ingratiating if that was its intent.
Reel Life Films
Samuel Kimball Merwin
He had a double chin and a smile which was apologetic but ingratiating.
Thankful’s Inheritance
Joseph C. Lincoln
Besides, he had nothing of the ingratiating ways of the other men about him.
The Twins of Suffering Creek
Ridgwell Cullum
Therefore he drew him aside in a manner as portentous and ingratiating as he could make it.
The Golden Woman
Ridgwell Cullum
Anagram
tinging tiara
5 November 2018
exegesis
[ek-si-jee-sis]
noun, plural exegeses [ek-si-jee-seez]
1. critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text, especially of the Bible.
Origin of exegesis
Greek
1610-1620; Greek exḗgēsis an interpretation, explanation, equivalent to ex- ex-3+ ( h)ēgē- (verbid stem of hēgeîsthai to guide) + -sis -sis
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Examples from the Web for exegesis
Contemporary Examples
Almost all Christians, even most textualists, accept the need for exegesis, synthesis, and theological application.
The Illusory Promise of Apolitical Theology
David Sessions
June 2, 2012
Historical Examples
There are considerable difficulties in the exegesis of this passage.
The Expositor’s Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians
G. G. Findlay
At that time the study of the Halachas had not yet superseded that of Biblical exegesis.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz
Anagram
six geese
4 November 2018
hornpipe
[hawrn-pahyp]
noun
1. an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
2. a lively jiglike dance, originally to music played on a hornpipe, performed usually by one person, and traditionally a favorite of sailors.
3. a piece of music for or in the style of such a dance.
Origin of hornpipe
1350-1400; Middle English. See horn, pipe1
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Examples from the Web for hornpipe
Historical Examples
It’s like saying your prayers to a hornpipe, thinking of her and carrying on with them wastrels.
Capt’n Davy’s Honeymoon
Hall Caine
In Britain, you have the hornpipe, a dance which is held an original of this country.
A Treatise on the Art of Dancing
Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
And if it will make your dinner agree with you, I will dance you a hornpipe into the bargain.
My Ten Years’ Imprisonment
Silvio Pellico
Tom was talked about: biceps like thighs, now: a hornpipe danced on the hands.
The Bill-Toppers
Andre Castaigne
He intimated also to Jack that he must get up and go through his hornpipe again.
Salt Water
W. H. G. Kingston
That comes off, and he is an American sailor, with his hands on his hips dancing a hornpipe.
A Boy’s Town
W. D. Howells
Give them the hornpipe, Jack, when the sliding and sprawling is finished.
The Lady of Lynn
Walter Besant
He had to do a little jubilating himself, so he got up and began a hornpipe.
Motor Matt’s Hard Luck
Stanley R. Matthews
Theyll be sayin the Old Hundredth is a Dutch hornpipe next, he growled.
The Message
Louis Tracy
I could dance a hornpipe with anybody, and forward I came to listen.
The Maid of Sker
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Anagram
pep rhino
no hipper
3 November 2018
stochastic
[stuh-kas-tik]
adjective, Statistics.
1. of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
Origin of stochastic
Greek
1655-1665; Greek stochastikós, equivalent to stochas- (variant stem of stocházesthai to aim at) + -tikos -tic
Related forms
stochastically, adverb
Dictionary.com
Example
In the literature, both deterministic and stochastic customers’ demands have been considered, but more attention is paid to the deterministic cases, and fewer cases take into account the stochastic demands.
A genetic algorithm to optimize the total cost and service level for just-in-time distribution in a supply chain
Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Mahsa Elahipanah
Anagram
cacti shots
2 November 2018
determinism
[dih-tur-muh-niz-uh m]
noun
1. the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
2. the doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have sufficient causes.
Origin of determinism
1840-1850 First recorded in 1840-50; determine + -ism
Related forms
determinist, noun, adjective
deterministic, adjective
deterministically, adverb
nondeterminist, noun, adjective
nondeterministic, adjective
Can be confused
determinism, fatalism, necessitarianism.
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Examples from the Web for determinism
Contemporary Examples
The deterministic narrative just doesn’t work; each state is different, and the picture is muddled.
Why the Republican Party’s Narrative on Income and Voting Failed
Alex Klein
December 10, 2012
Historical Examples
They ascertain politics as sequential, linear, and deterministic.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
Some changes are unpredictable, even in deterministic principle.
After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
It, too, has borrowed from the desert something that is deterministic and ineffaceable.
The Secrets of a Kuttite
Edward O. Mousley
(d) By its comprehensive and deterministic Conception of History.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2
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In other words, the deterministic influence of circumstances is contingent, not necessary.
Determinism or Free-Will?
Chapman Cohen
We continue using words that on deterministic lines have lost all meaning.
Determinism or Free-Will?
Chapman Cohen
Literacy stood as the rulebook for all these direct, integrated, sequentialized, deterministic occurrences.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
The deterministic component carried over from literacy- based practical experiences reflects awareness of action and reaction.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
He had absorbed from Taine his deterministic leaning, luckily tempered by a sensible toleration.
Painted Veils
James Huneker
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tub-thump
[tuhb-thuhmp]
verb (used without object), Informal.
1. to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
Related forms
tub-thumper, noun
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