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Clarsach is an adaptation of either the Irish Gaelic 肠濒谩颈谤蝉别补肠丑 or the Scottish Gaelic 肠濒脿谤蝉补肠丑, both meaning 鈥渉arp.鈥� These two words likely come from the Old Irish 肠濒谩谤, which variously means 鈥渂oard, plank鈥� or 鈥渢able, tablet.鈥� Clarsach may be related through Ancient Greek to clergy, cleric, clerk, and the name Clark. Clarsach was first recorded in English around 1805.
EXAMPLE OF CLARSACH USED IN A SENTENCE
The golden clarsach shines against a dark green background on the flag of Leinster.
vigesimal
adjective
of, relating to, or based on twenty.
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Vigesimal comes from Latin 惫墨肠脓蝉颈尘耻蝉, 鈥渢wentieth.鈥� While English and its Germanic relatives base their words for 鈥渢wenty鈥� on a combination of 鈥渢wo鈥� and 鈥渢en,鈥� Latin 惫墨驳颈苍迟墨 is distantly related to Ancient Greek 别铆办辞蝉颈 (as in icosahedron, a twenty-sided figure) and Sanskrit 惫颈峁兣沘迟铆 (as in pachisi, a game in which twenty-five is the highest score). Vigesimal was first recorded in English in the 1650s.
EXAMPLE OF VIGESIMAL USED IN A SENTENCE
French now uses a vigesimal system for numbers over 60, representing 80 as 鈥�4 脳 20鈥� and 90 as 鈥�4 脳 20 + 10.鈥�
oolong
noun
a brown or amber tea grown in China and Taiwan and partially fermented before being dried.
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Oolong is an adaptation of a Chinese word, most likely Mandarin 飞奴濒贸苍驳, which literally translates to 鈥渂lack dragon.鈥� The 飞奴 element means 鈥渃row鈥� or 鈥渂lack,鈥� while 濒贸苍驳 means 鈥渄ragon.鈥� Oolong was first recorded in English in the early 1850s.
EXAMPLE OF OOLONG USED IN A SENTENCE
The oolong let off an earthy smell as it slowly diffused throughout the cup.