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apotheosis
n. elevation to divine status : deification; the perfect example : quintessence
etymology - from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις, from verb ἀποθεόω (“deify”) (factitive verb formed from θεός (“God”) with intensive prefix ἀπο-)
Stephen King wrote in The Gunslinger, "The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what looked like eternity in all directions. It was white and blinding and waterless and without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death. An occasional tombstone sign pointed the way, for once the drifted track that cut its way through the thick crust of alkali had been a highway. Coaches and buckas had followed it. The world had moved on since then. The world had emptied.”
Stephen King is a renowned author of horror and other fiction. He is from Portland, Maine. His major influences are Ray Bradbury and Shirley Jackson. After his parents separated when Stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of the elderly couple. King met his wife Tabitha when they both attended the University of Maine. He worked as a high school English teacher for many years, starting in 1971, until his writing career took hold.
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Uncouth
ReplyDeleteadj. awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth
behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
etymology - before 900; Middle English; Old English uncūth ( see un-1 , couth2 ); cognate with Dutch onkond
Justin Timberlake said, "The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you."
Justin Timberlake is a singer, actor, and businessman. He was in the boy band NSYNC in the late 90s and early 2000s. He became a solo artist right after. He starred in The Social Network and Friends with Benefits. He recently bought Myspace and redesigned the website to be more about music and less about social networking.
Stigma
ReplyDeleten. mark of shame
etymology- 1590s, "mark made on skin by burning with a hot iron," from L. stigma, from Gk. stigma. Figurative meaning "a mark of disgrace" is from 1610s.
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
-Chauncey Depew
Chauncey Depew was president for the New York Central Railroad system, and attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, and a US state senator for New York.
Mollify:Verb. To appease the anger or anxiety of someone or something.
ReplyDeleteEtymology: late 14c., "to soften ," from O.Fr. mollifier or directly from L.L. mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from L. mollis "soft." Transferred sense of "soften in temper, appease, pacify" is recorded from early 15c. Related: Mollified; mollifying.
In "Oliver Twist" Charles Dickens wrote "Although this invitation was accompanied with a curtsey that might have softened the heart of a churchwarden, it by no means mollified the beadle."
Charles Dickens was an English writer who was born on February 12th, 1812. He was born in Portsmouth, England.Dickens started out working in a factory but then later in his life began to write. He became famous for his use of humor and satire. His major works include "Oliver Twist" and "A Christmas Carol."
-Aaron Love
Wrought
ReplyDeleteAdj. Worked into shape by artistry or effort
Etymology- Middle English, from past participle of worken to work. First Known Use: 13th century
The first telegraph, sent by Samuel F. B. Morse, translated to say ",what hath God wrought?" Morse sent it from the Supreme Court room in the U.S. Capitol in Washington to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore.
Samuel F. B. Morse was the inventor of the telegraph. Morse's early system produced a paper copy with raised dots and dashes, which were translated later by an operator. Across the top of this artifact of his historic achievement Morse has given credit to Annie Ellsworth, the young daughter of a good friend, for suggesting the message he sent. She found it in the Bible, Numbers 23:23.
Stigma
ReplyDeleteA mark of disgrace
1590s, "mark made on skin by burning with a hot iron," from L. stigma from Gk. stigma "mark, puncture," especially one made by a pointed instrument, from root of stizein "to mark, tattoo”
“I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford.” –Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford is a television host. She was born in Paris, France and has two children. Kathie also does music theater. She was divorced before she married Frank Gifford, a sportscaster, which is probably why she wasn’t concerned that he had been married before. She met Frank on an episode of Good Morning America. She now works on the Today Show.
Well, I suppose my word is to be "stigma."
ReplyDeleteIt comes from the Greek word "stigmatos" meaning punctures or marks.
"Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost," was said by Thomas J. Watson. The previously mentioned man was the chairman and CEO of IBM from 1914 to 1956. He is the considered the "greatest salesman of all time."
Uncouth
ReplyDeleteAdjective- Strange and ungraceful in appearance or form
In one of Dante Alighieri's poems he wrote “Uncouth tongues, horrible shriekings of despair, Shrill and faint voices, cries of pain and rage, And, with it all, smiting of hands, were there, Making a tumult, nothing could assuage, To swirl in the air that knows not day or night, Like sand within.”
Etymology- before 900: Middle English: Old English uncuth: cognate with Dutch onkond
Dante Alighieri is a know as one of the greatest poets of all time. He was a major italian poet of the Middle Ages. His divine Comedy called Divinia by Boccacio, is considered the greatest literary work composed in Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.
-Garrett Wilson
Smite
ReplyDeleteverb strike,to strick with a firm blow
I smite the bat to hit the ball
Origin: before 900; Middle English smiten, Old English smītan; cognate with German schmeissen to throw, Dutch smijten
“Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.”- Martin Luther
Martin Luther was German Priest and Scholar whose questioning of certain church practices led to the Protestant Reformation 1483-1546. He was born in November 10 1483. Luther's call to the Church to return to the teachings of the Bible led to the formation of new traditions within Christianity and to the Counter-Reformation, the Roman Catholic reaction to these movements.
Luther's contributions to Western civilization went beyond the life of the Christian Church. Luther's translations of the Bible helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation. Luther's hymns inspired the development of singing in Christianity. His marriage on June 13, 1525, to Katharina von Bora began a movement of marriage within many Christian traditions.
Swarty(adj)- Having a dark complexion skin
ReplyDeleteEtymology- In German, schwarz means black; swarthy means dark-skinned
Behold This Swarthy Face
by Walt Whitman
(1819-1892)
Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes,
This beard, the white wool unclipt upon my neck,
My brown hands and the silent manner of me without charm;
Yet comes one a Manhattanese and ever at parting kisses me lightly
on the lips with robust love,
And I on the crossing of the street or on the ship's deck give a
kiss in return,
We observe that salute of American comrades land and sea,
We are those two natural and nonchalant persons.
Walt Whitman at the age of twelve, Whitman began to learn the printer's trade, and fell in love with the written word. Largely self-taught, he read voraciously, becoming acquainted with the works of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and the Bible.In 1855, Whitman took out a copyright on the first edition of Leaves of Grass, which consisted of twelve untitled poems and a preface. He published the volume himself, and sent a copy to Emerson in July of 1855. Whitman released a second edition of the book in 1856, containing thirty-three poems, a letter from Emerson praising the first edition, and a long open letter by Whitman in response. During his subsequent career, Whitman continued to refine the volume, publishing several more editions of the book.
-AJ Giles
Lore
ReplyDeleten. learning, knowledge, erudition, wisdom, tradition.
Etymology- Old English lar "learning, what is taught, knowledge, science, doctrine, art of teaching," from P.Gmc. *laizo (O.S. lera, O.Fris. lare, M.Du. lere, Du. leer, O.H.G. lera, Ger. Lehre "teaching, precept, doctrine"), from PIE *leis- (see learn).
Hafiz of Persia said, "A truce to your volumes, your studies, give o'er: for books cannot teach you love's marvelous lore."
There is not a lot of credible information on Hafiz's early life. He was born around 1320 or 1325 A.D. in South-central Iran. Hafiz married in his twenties and had one child. In a period of fifty years, Hafiz wrote 542 poems. Hafiz died at the age of 69 in Shiraz. After Hafiz's death, many stories, some of mythical proportions were woven around his life.
Vicissitude:
ReplyDeleten. a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
etymology: Latin vicissitūdō(1560-70)
“Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.”(Edward Gibbon)
Edward Gibbon ( April 27 1737 – January 16 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in 1776 and 1788.
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Word:
ReplyDeleteOracle (n.)
Definition:
1. A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.
2. A place at which such advice or prophecy was sought.
Etymology:
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rculum, from rre, to speak.]
Background:
"Oracle: I'd ask you to sit down, but, you're not going to anyway. And don't worry about the vase."
My quote is from the Matrix. It is the scene where Neo goes to see the Oracle to learn more about the 'prophecy'.
Smite : (verb)to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon. To deliver or dealby striking hard.
ReplyDeleteEtymology:
smite (v.) O.E. smitan "to hit, strike, beat" (strong verb, pt. smat, pp. smiten), from P.Gmc. *smitanan (cf. Swed. smita, Dan. smide "to smear, fling," O.Fris. smita, M.L.G., M.Du. smiten "to cast, fling," Du. smijten "to throw," O.H.G. smizan "to rub, strike," Ger. schmeißen "to cast, fling," Goth. bismeitan "to spread, smear"), perhaps from PIE root *(s)mei- "to smear, to rub," but original sense in Germanic seems to be of throwing. Sense of "slay in combat" (c.1300) is originally Biblical, smite to death, first attested c.1200.
Origin: before 900; Middle English smiten, Old English smītan; cognate with German schmeissen to throw, Dutch smijten
Quote:
Bruce Almight is a 2003fantasy comedy film directed byTom Shadyacand written bySteve Koren, MarkO’Keefe and Steve Oedekerk. It is about a guy who complains about God too often, and is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world. The role of the guy is Jim Carrey.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315327/quotes?qt=qt0480019
The quote is said by Morgan Freeman who plays God in the movie.
Morgan Freeman was born in June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tenessee. Morgan always had a pation for acting. He joined the air force after high school to become a fighter pilot. He later realized it wasn’t what he wanted, and began his acting career. He is now one of Hollywood’s most respected stars. He also has an excellent tone of voice.
-Jennifer Orellana
Smite
ReplyDeletev. to strike with a firm blow; hit, knock, beat
Etymology: Middle English smiten
“Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.” -Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German monk, priest, and professor of theology. He questioned many of the actions of the chuch. His questionings eventually led to the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther was the founder of the Protestant Reformation. He had very strong opinions and voiced them strongly. Martin Luther made a great impact on Protestant beliefs.
Vicissitude
ReplyDeleteDefinition: A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
Vicissitude comes from the Latin word vicissitudo meaning change.
“Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power.” -Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman philosopher during the Imperial Period. He wrote in Latin, and was educated in Rome in rhetoric and philosophy. He also had a political career with much success.
Underwater sculpture found in the West Indies: http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/vicissitudes.html
-Ana Mitchell, AP English III
Lore
ReplyDeleteN. A body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth.
Etymology - lar "learning, what is taught, knowledge, science, doctrine, art of teaching,"
"Most men admire virtue who follow not her lore." -John Milton.
John Milton was an English poet. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval. He was born December 9, 1608. This quote was said around the mid 1600's. This quote is said toward virtue.
-Ellizon Torres
Stigma
ReplyDeletenoun. A distinguishing mark of shame.
Etymology- 1590s Latin "tattoo or brand placed on a criminal"
"Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the stigma, for the most part, from the word novel" - Carl Clinton Van Doren
Carl Clinton Van Doren (1885-1950) He was a American editor and U.s critic that won the Pulitzer Prize biographer.He went to Columbia University in 1911 and lectured there until 1930. He died in Conneticut on July 18,1950.
lore
ReplyDeleten. the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature on a praticular subject.
etymology-before 950; Middle English; Old English lār; cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre teaching.
“No utter surprise can come to him Who reaches Shakespeare's core; That which we seek and shun is there - Man's final lore” -Herman Melville
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1981) was born in New York City and was the third of eight children. He was an American novelists and also wrote short stories, essays and poems. He is mostly known for his novel Moby-Dick.
-Cullen Boyette
Mercenary- a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
ReplyDeleteEtymology- 1350–1400; Middle English mercenarie < Latin mercēnnārius working for pay, hired worker, mercenary.
Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're a joke, because there are too many mercenaries out there already.
-Tommy Shaw
Tommy Roland Shaw, born September 11, 1953, is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and performer best known for his work with the rock band Styx. In between his stints with Styx, he has also played with other groups. In this quote from his song he is referring to the fact that people need to think outside the box because if you don’t, you are thinking like a mercenary. Shaw is refers to mercenaries as a group and if you think like everyone then you are a part of the “group.” Today, we might refer to these people as being followers. Shaw thought outside of the box and was trying to encourage others to do the same.
Smite (verb) - to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.
ReplyDeleteEtymology- From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-Germanic *smītanan (“to throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”). Cognate with Eastern Frisian smita (“to throw, fling”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), Middle Low German besmitten (“to soil, sully”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Gothic
“Smite me? You think you can smite me? Do you even know what that means?
I shrugged. "What do you think it means?" I thought I'd gotten it right.
"Nothing," she cackled, "Absolutely nothing because you couldn't smite me even if you knew what it meant."
― A and E Kirk, Demons at Deadnight
A&E Kirk is the mother-daughter writing duo of Alyssa and Eileen Kirk. They write YA paranormal fiction and also review YA on the Teens Read and Write blog. They have a series of books called “Divinicus Nex Chronicles.” Their most popular book is Demons at Deadnight. They write books that fit into young adult, science fiction & fantasy, and romance for the 21st century.
Smite-Strike with a firm blow.
ReplyDeleteEtymology-From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-Germanic *smītanan (“to throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”). Cognate with Eastern Frisian smita (“to throw, fling”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), Middle Low German besmitten (“to soil, sully”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Gothic
"We will smite the Jews where we meet them and whoever goes along with them must take the consequences."
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Arthur Seyss-Inquart was a Chancellor of Austria, lawyer and later National Socialist. Inquart was also very critical of Jews saying "Jews are the enemy of socialism"
Ryan Godwin
Smite-(verb) strike with a firm blow; defeat or conquer.
ReplyDeleteEtymology- From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”).
Fine! The gloves are off pal! C'mon, lemme see a little wrath! Smite me, O mighty smiter! You're the one who should be fired! The only one around here not doing his job is You! ANSWER ME!!!
- Jim Carrey
This quote was from the move "Bruce Almighty". Bruce the character who Jim Carrey plays believes he has not gotten what he deserves in life, so he calls out God.
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, and producer. Carrey has received four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning two. Known for his highly energetic slapstick performances, he has been described as one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood.
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