wistful, precious,dainty, fastidious, budget of general knowledge, simulation

The heavy metal band has an unlikely hit with their cover version of Simon & Garfunkel‘s wistful “The Sound of Silence,” crossing over into territory they’ve yet to experience in their 22-year career.

Allosaurus Muscles Hint at Good Table Manners

By SINDYA N. BHANOO 3:25 PM ET

A simulation of the dinosaur’s neck muscles suggests it was a dainty eater compared with its bigger cousin, Tyrannosaurus rex.

Remembering When Dad Came Out
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor star in "Beginners," a wistful memory piece about a straight son and his dying gay father.






And then he came to the corner at home, which faced the other side of the night. The ash-tree seemed a friend now. His mother rose with gladness as he entered. He put his eight shillings proudly on the table.
"It'll help, mother?" he asked wistfully.
"There's precious little left," she answered, "after your ticket and dinners and such are taken off."
Then he told her the budget of the day. His life-story, like an Arabian Nights, was told night after night to his mother. It was almost as if it were her own life.


wist·ful (wĭst'fəl)

ADJECTIVE

Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing:a wistful smile

adj.

1. Full of wishful yearning.
2. Pensively sad; melancholy.

[From obsolete wistly, intently.]

wistfully wist'ful·ly adv.
wistfulness wist'ful·ness n.

wistful

 音節

wist • ful

wistfulの慣用句

wistfully, （全1件）

[形]

1 切ない気持ちの, あきらめきれない；なつかしげな, 深い思い［切々の情］を込めた.

2 〈人・表情などが〉痛切な, 物言いたげな, 物足りなさそうな；物思いにふける

in a wistful mood
思いに沈んで

look with wistful eyes at the dolls in the window
ウィンドーの人形をあきらめきれない目で見る.

wist・ful・ly

[副]切ない気持ちで, あきらめきれずに；なつかしげに.

wist・ful・ness

[名]


precious 
adj.

1. Of high cost or worth; valuable.
2. Highly esteemed; cherished.
3. Dear; beloved.
4. Affectedly dainty or overrefined: precious mannerisms.
5. Informal. Thoroughgoing; unmitigated: a precious mess.

n.
One who is dear or beloved; a darling.

adv.
Used as an intensive: "He had precious little right to complain" (James Agee).

[Middle English, from Old French precios, from Latin pretiōsus, from pretium, price.]

preciously pre'cious·ly adv.

budget
n.

1. 1. An itemized summary of estimated or intended expenditures for a given period along with proposals for financing them: submitted the annual budget to Congress.
   2. A systematic plan for the expenditure of a usually fixed resource, such as money or time, during a given period: A new car will not be part of our budget this year.
   3. The total sum of money allocated for a particular purpose or period of time: a project with an annual budget of five million dollars.
2. A stock or collection with definite limits: "his budget of general knowledge" (William Hazlitt).
3. Appalachian Mountains. A wallet or small pouch.

v., -et·ed, -et·ing, -ets. v.tr.

1. To plan in advance the expenditure of: needed help budgeting our income; budgeted my time wisely.
2. To enter or account for in a budget: forgot to budget the car payments.

v.intr.
To make or use a budget.

adj.

1. Of or relating to a budget: budget items approved by Congress.
2. Appropriate for a restricted budget; inexpensive: a budget car; budget meals.

[Middle English bouget, wallet, from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge, leather bag, from Latin bulga, of Celtic origin.]

budgetary budg'et·ar'y (bŭj'ĭ-tĕr'ē) adj.
budgeter budg'et·er or budg'et·eer' (-ĭ-tîr') n.

dainty

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪnti/

Definition of dainty

adjective (daintier, daintiest)

• 1delicately small and pretty:a dainty lace handkerchief the china cup seemed too dainty in his large hands
• (of a person) delicate and graceful in build or movement: he is one of the daintiest players in the game
• (of food) particularly good to eat and served in a small portion:a dainty morsel

• 2 fastidious, especially concerning food:a dainty appetite

noun (plural dainties)

something good to eat; a delicacy: home-made breads, jams, and dainties

fastidious

Pronunciation: /faˈstɪdɪəs/

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Definition of fastidious

adjective

• very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail:she dressed with fastidious care
• very concerned about matters of cleanliness:the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty

Derivatives

fastidiously

adverb

fastidiousness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium 'loathing'. The word originally meant 'disagreeable', later 'disgusted'. Current senses date from the 17th century