" Greekelakhys"small,"elaphros"light;" Latinlevare"to raise,"levis"light in weight, not heavy;" Old Church Slavonicliguku, Russianlëgkij, Polishlekki, Lithuanianlengvas"light in weight;" Old Irishlu"small,"laigiu"smaller, worse;" Gothicleihts, Old Englishleoht"not heavy, light in ...
As to hidden things coming to light, Luke brings to light the concept of accountability and transparency and suggest secrets or deceitful actions can’t and won’t remain hidden forever. Eventually all will be exposed. In reading this, we should hear the message that we ought to act with si...
Anhedonia. Esprit de l'escalier. Leucocholy. These obscure and very specific words for feelings are somehow real.
There's 2 words which are light, and board. Pig Latin Lightboard in Pig Latin is said as "ightboardlay or ightboardlway". Unigram l | i | g | h | t | b | o | a | r | d Bigram li | ig | gh | ht | tb | bo | oa | ar | rd Trigram lig | igh | ght | htb ...
Neo- () A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted ...
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Light 5 4 1 1 Middle English Night 5 4 1 1 Eight 5 3 2 1 Right 5 4 1 1 Middle English Fight 5 4 1 1 Middle English Sight 5 4 1 1 Old English Reign 5 3 2 1 Middle English Tight 5 4 1 1 Middle English Liger 5 3 2 2 Vulgar Latin Piggy 5 4 1 2 Might...
But all those parts are actually Latin in origin. Let’s take it apart. You know that it’s a verb of action or transformation, from the suffix -ate as in contemplate (taken from the adjectival suffix -atus and verbed). You may recognize the -ul- from words like regulate and ...
It is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process used by plants to convert light energy into chemical energy through cellular respiration. It can then be released to fuel the plant’s metabolic activities. Photosynthesis comes from the Greek word phōs meaning “light” and...
This popular poetic adjective stems from the Latin word viridare, meaning literally “to grow green.” Besides the many pints of Guinness, the highlight of our trip to Ireland was taking a train ride through the lush, verdant countryside peppered with sheep. 4 moonglade If you’ve ever ...