Word Nerd by Barbara Ann Kipfer

Author:Barbara Ann Kipfer
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2010-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

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inamorata comes from Italian innamorare, “to inflame with love”

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inane, from Latin inanis, first meant “empty”

words meaning “babbling, full of idle talk” include inaniloquent and inaniloquous

inanity is intellectual or spiritual emptiness; inanition is the lack of nourishment

inapposite means “out of place” or “not to the point”

inapt is “not suitable or appropriate” while unapt is “not likely or inclined”

inartistic refers to people who lack artistic taste or appreciation; unartistic refers to things as not relating or conforming to art

inaugurate is from Latin inauguruat-, “interpreted as omens (from the flight of birds)”—from augurare “to auger”

the presidential induction ceremony is the inauguration; the speech made is the inaugural address or inaugural

Inca is a Quechua word meaning “king, lord, ruler”

incalescent means “growing warm”

incandescent means having a filament which glows white-hot when

heated by a current passed through it; fluorescent means based on fluorescence from a substance illuminated by ultraviolet light

incapable is synonymous with unable

incapacitation is the action of making incapable; incapacity is a lack of ability or qualification

carcer is “prison” in Latin—giving us incarcerate

incarnadine can mean “flesh-colored or pink” but also “crimson, blood-red”

incarnate means “embodied in flesh; in human form”

incense once meant to kindle any passion, good or bad

to incent is a back-formation from incentive, appearing around 1977

incentive is from Latin incentivum, “something that incites or sets the tone” from incantare “to chant or charm”

the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past

incest is based on castus, “chaste” (and in-, “not”)

inch, the unit of length, was adopted in Old English (ynce) from Latin uncia, “twelfth part (of a foot, pound, etc.),” while ounce came into Middle English through Old French from the same Latin uncia, meaning, in Troy weight, a twelfth of a pound (though inn avoirdupois or ordinary measure, it is a sixteenth of a pound)

inch-meal means gradually or by inches or small degrees

inchoate (imperfectly formed or developed) is pronounced in-KOH-it

an incident is technically an accessory or subordinate event

the primary meaning of incident is that of occurrence or event; the primary meaning of incidence is that of the rate or number of times at which something occurs

incidently (not incidentally) means “be incident or resultant from”

the base of incinerate is Latin ciner-, “ashes”

an incipient is a beginner

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