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More about shavie
Shavie is a rare word used in Scottish poetry, first appearing in English in the 18th century and current for just a little more than a century after that.
how is shavie used?
But urchin Cupid shot a shaft / That play’d a dame a shavie …
鈥楾was then that Love played him a shavie, / And strak his dart in donsie Davie.
kosher
adjective
Informal. a. proper; legitimate. b. genuine; authentic.
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Kosher is one of the most common words of Yiddish origin in American English. Yiddish kosher comes from Hebrew kosher (Ashkenazi pronunciation), from Hebrew 办腻蝉丑脓谤 鈥渞ight, fit, proper.鈥� Kosher as an adjective 鈥減ertaining to foods prepared according to Jewish dietary law鈥� dates from the mid-19th century; the sense 鈥減roper, legitimate鈥� dates from the late 19th century. Kosher as a noun 鈥渒osher food, kosher store鈥� dates from the late 19th century.
how is kosher used?
This is kosher. I’m an officer of the court requesting assistance from a citizen.
Forsyth knew that was all a cover story. He knew the whole setup wasn’t kosher.
More about sepulcher
Sepulcher comes via French from Latin sepulcrum 鈥済rave, tomb,鈥� a derivative of the verb 蝉别辫别濒墨谤别 鈥渢o perform the funeral rites, bury, inter.鈥� The Latin verb comes from the Proto-Indo-European root sep- 鈥渢o honor,鈥� extended to sep-el- 鈥渟orrow, care, awe.鈥� The same root appears in Sanskrit sapati 鈥�(he) worships, tends.鈥� The Greek derivative of sep- is the root hep-, which usually occurs in compound verbs, e.g., 补尘辫丑颈茅辫别颈苍 鈥渢o look after, tend to,鈥� as in the last line of the Iliad, 鈥淭hus they tended to (补尘辫丑铆别辫辞苍) the funeral of horse-taming Hector.鈥� Sepulcher entered English in the 13th century.
how is sepulcher used?
The stale suffocating room felt like a sepulcher …
A clattering-rattling sound. A bony sound. Like the skeletons of long-dead men clawing their way out of a sepulcher.