2016年5月4日 星期三

impish but innocent, boyish but feminine, garniture, adjoining and revered

Clyfford Still
© The Clyfford Still Estate; photo by Peter Harholdt
Self-Portrait, 1940
Clyfford Still (1904-80) was a major figure of the Abstract Expressionist movement whose name was once frequently mentioned along with revered artists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.

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Actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4th 1929.1843 Magazine traced the influence of her impish but innocent style
Audrey Hepburn was born on this day in 1929
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revere[re・vere1]

  • レベル:社会人必須
  • 発音記号[rivíər]

[動](他)((形式))…を(畏怖(いふ)の念で)あがめる, 崇敬する.



adjoin[ad・join]

  • レベル:社会人必須
  • 発音記号[ədʒɔ'in]

[動](他)
1 …に隣接する, と隣り合う
Canada adjoins the United States.
カナダは米国に隣接している.
2 …を(…に)結びつける;付け加える((to ...))
adjoin one thing to another
一つのことを別のことに結びつける.
━━(自)(←(他))隣接する.


garniture (GAR-ni-chur)

noun
Something that garnishes; decoration.

[名]
1 [U][C]飾り, 装飾.
2 《料理》つま, つけ合わせ(garnish).
3 備品, 家具調度.

Etymology
From French, from Old French, from garnir (to garnish).

Usage
"Don Lee wants not a various America. Don Lee wants a new nation under nothing; a physical light that waxes; he does not want to be exorcised, adjoining and revered; he does not like a local garniture nor any impish onus in the vogue; is not candlelit but stands out in the auspices of fire and rock and jungle-flail; wants new art and anthem; will want a new music screaming in the sun." — From the poem "In the Mecca", Book: In the Mecca, 1968.


impish 

Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɪʃ/ 

ADJECTIVE

Inclined to do slightly naughty things for funmischievous:he had an impish look about him

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