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EXEMPLUM
PRONUNCIATION: (ig-ZEM-pluhm)
MEANING: noun:
1. An example or model.
2. An anecdote used to illustrate a moral truth or support an argument.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin exemplum (example), from eximere (to take out), from ex- (out) + emere (to take). Ultimately from the Indo-European root em- (to take or distribute), which also gave us example, sample, assume, consume, prompt, ransom, vintage, redeem, diriment, subsume, and peremptory. Earliest documented use: 1482.
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EXEMPLUS - add something to XM
EXAM PLUM - a very easy test question
EXEMBLUM - a company's previous logo
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SPLANCHNIC
PRONUNCIATION: (SPLANGK-nik)
MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to the internal organs or viscera.
ETYMOLOGY: From splanchnicus, from Greek splankhnikos, from splankhna (entrails). Earliest documented use: 1694.
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SPLANCH - NICE ! - what a great Cannonball dive that was!
S-PLAN CYNIC - I'm not very optimistic about the nineteenth plan
'SPLAN CHIC - On the other hand, it's very much à la mode...
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SINGULTUS
PRONUNCIATION: (sing-GUHL-tuhs)
MEANING: noun: A hiccup.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin singultus (sob, gasp, hiccup). Earliest documented use: 1754.
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I SINGUL. TU? - Casanova's pickup line
SIN, 'GUSTUS - encourage the Emperor to misbehave
USING "ULTUS" - something never to be done in Latin class
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INDAGATE
PRONUNCIATION: (IN-duh-gayt)
MEANING: verb tr.: To search into; to investigate.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin indagare (to search). Earliest documented use: 1623.
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INDIAGATE - political scandal in New Delhi
WIN DA GATE - take home the door prize at a Brooklyn show
INK A GATE - it happens on Halloween if you ignore "Trick or Treat!"
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EFTSOONS
PRONUNCIATION: (eft-SOONZ)
MEANING: adverb:
1. Soon after.
2. Again.
3. From time to time.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English ęft (again) + sona (soon). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away), which is also the source of after, off, awkward, post, puny, appose, and apposite. Earliest documented use: 1000.
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LEFT'SOON'S - departed at the earliest possible moment
EFT'NOONS - times when the sun is descending
EFTSOOPS - what you make when there are no newts to put in the chowder
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FAUTE DE MIEUX
PRONUNCIATION: (foht duh MYOO/MYUH)
MEANING: adverb: For want of something better.
ETYMOLOGY: From French faute (lack) + de (of) + mieux (better). Earliest documented use: 1766.
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FAUTE LEMIEUX - the Penguins are in trouble; Mario can't play tonight.
FAURÉ DE MIEUX - Gabriel's Requiem is the best ever
FAUTE DE MOI/EUX - Martin Buber was wrong. It's not "I/Thou;" it should be "Me/Them."
SAUTÉ DE MIEUX - That'd be Javier Sotomayor of Cuba. He high-jumped 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄2 in) in Salamanca, Spain on 27 July 1993 to set the current Word's Record
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AMAIN
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-MAYN)
MEANING: adverb:
1. With all one’s strength.
2. At full speed.
3. With great haste.
ETYMOLOGY: From a- (on, in, to) + main, from Old English maegen (strength, power). Earliest documented use: 1540.
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ARMAIN - signature of a dyslexic fashion designer
A.M. PAIN - known to almost everyone 75 and older
AMAZIN' - graceless
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CERTES
PRONUNCIATION: (suhr-TEEZ)
MEANING: adverb: Certainly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French certes, from Latin certus (certain). Earliest documented use: 1250.
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CERRES - largest asteroid we have yet identified, considered by some a dwarf planet
CERTERS - people who go about certifying things
CERATES - makes a saw-toothed edge
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ALFRESCO
PRONUNCIATION: (al-FRES-ko)
MEANING: adverb, adjective: Outdoors; in the open air.
ETYMOLOGY: From Italian alfresco (in the fresh). Earliest documented use: 1717.
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ALFRED'S C.O. - that'd be Bruce Wayne, right?
AL FRISCO - where Señor goes to see Nob Hill and the Golden Gate Bridge
AL FRIES CO. - racecar driver makes the best chips in London
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AD LITEM
PRONUNCIATION: (AD LYT-uhm)
MEANING: adjective: A person appointed by a court to represent someone, such as a child, who is considered incapable of representing themselves in a lawsuit.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ad litem (literally, for the lawsuit), from ad (toward) + litigare (to go to law), from lis (dispute) + agere (to drive). Earliest documented use: 1683.
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ADD LITEM - put another case on the Court's docket
AB LITEM - away from the legal proceedings, behind closed doors
...AND LIT 'EM - they piled up all the sticks to make a bonfire...
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