cichlid, noun Zoologya freshwater fish of a family (Cichlidae) that is widely distributed in tropical countries. Cichlids provide a valuable source of food in some areas, and many are popular in aquariums. ORIGIN late 19th century: from modern Latin Cichlidae (plural), from Greek kikhlē, denoting a kind of fish.
[ love the sound of this one but I’ll never meet the fish.|
brachiating, verb [no object] (of certain apes) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch: the gibbons brachiate energetically across their enclosure. adjective | ˈbrākēāt, ˈbrākēət | Biology branched, especially having arms widely spread paired branches on alternate sides DERIVATIVES brachiation noun. brachiator ORIGIN mid 18th century (originally in the sense ‘having paired branches’): from Latin brachium ‘arm’ + -ate2.
I’d love to bring this up in conversation, if I could.]
cole (and colewort), noun, mainly archaic a brassica, especially cabbage, kale, or rape. ORIGIN Old English cāwel, caul, related to Dutch kool and German Kohl, from Latin caulis ‘stem, cabbage’; reinforced in Middle English by forms from Old Norse kál. Compare with kale. colewort, noun, archaic another term for cole.
lustral, adjective, relating to or used in ceremonial purification: in certain contexts, lustral basins are more plausibly interpreted as bathrooms. ORIGIN. mid 16th century: from Latin lustralis, from lustrum (see lustrum).
jacinthe, noun, a reddish-orange gem variety of zircon. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French iacinte or medieval Latin iacintus, alteration of Latin hyacinthus (see hyacinth).
chough, noun (pronounced chuff). a black Eurasian and North African bird of the crow family, with a down-curved bill and broad rounded wings, typically frequenting mountains and sea cliffs. Genus Pyrrhocorax, family Corvidae: three species, especially the red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax), with a long red bill, and the alpine chough (P. graculus), with a shorter yellow bill. ORIGIN Middle English (originally denoting the jackdaw): probably imitative.
Chough. Say slough, cough, rough, bough, Oy—English!!
I have another day to attend to.
Tomorrow.