More about connoisseur

• First recorded in 1705鈥�15.
• Comes from French, and ultimately from the Latin stem 肠辞驳苍艒蝉肠颈迟艒谤-, 鈥渒nower.鈥�
• Also related is the word cognoscible, “capable of being known.”

EXAMPLES OF CONNOISSEUR

• After many years of study and travel to tea estates around the world, she became a renowned tea connoisseur.
• 础听connoisseur of fine cheeses, he could tell an authentic Parmigiano Reggiano just by smell.

More about jubilation

• First recorded around 1350鈥�1400.
• Comes from the Middle English word jubilacioun, which comes from the Latin word 箩奴产颈濒腻迟颈艒苍-, “a shouting for joy.”
• The verb jubilate, “to show or feel great joy,” also comes from the same Latin stem.

EXAMPLES OF JUBILATION

• It was wonderful to witness their jubilation as they crossed the finish line.
• There was an atmosphere of聽jubilation and excitement at the grand opening ceremony.

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More about bedizen

• First recorded in 1655鈥�65.
• Formed from the verb dizen, “to deck with clothes or finery.”
• Dizen was originally a weaving term that refers to a bunch of wool fiber on a distaff, a spinning wheel attachment.

EXAMPLES OF BEDIZEN

• The attendees had bedizened themselves for the midnight release of the new fantasy film.
• The children loved to use their parents’ old costume jewelry to bedizen themselves.

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