2 :to detest utterly execrative ˈek-sə-ˌkrā-tiv adjective execrator ˈek-sə-ˌkrā-tər noun Did you know? To Latinists, there's nothing cryptic about the origins ofexecrate-the word derives fromexsecratus,the past participle of the Latin verbexsecrari,meaning "to put...
"Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. Did You Know? The word "infant" comes from the Latin word "infans" which literally means "unable to speak; speechless." ...