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elucubrate

Contents   [hide]  1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1Synonyms 1.4 Derived terms 2 Italian 2.1 Verb 3 Latin 3.1 Verb

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[edit]Etymology

From the past participle of Latin elucubrare ‘compose by lamplight’.

[edit]Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈluːkjʊbreɪt/

[edit]Verb

elucubrate (third-person singular simple present elucubrates, present participle elucubrating, simple past and past participleelucubrated)

1. To solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study.

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• burn the midnight oil
• pull an all-nighter

[edit]Derived terms

• elucubration

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[edit]Italian

[edit]Verb

elucubrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of elucubrare
2. second-person plural imperative of elucubrare
3. Feminine plural of elucubrato

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[edit]Latin

[edit]Verb

ēlūcubrāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of ēlūcubrō

demesne

Contents   [hide]  1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1Translations 1.4 References 2 Old French 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun

[edit]English

WOTD - 1 March 2011    

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Demesne

[edit]Etymology

From Anglo-Norman demeyne, demene et al., Old French demeine, demaine,demeigne, domaine (“power”) (whence French domaine (“domain”)), a noun use of an adjective, from Latin dominicus (“belonging to a lord or master”), fromdominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). See dame, and compare demain, domain.

[edit]Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdɪˈmeɪn/
• IPA: /ˌdɪˈmiːn/

[edit]Noun

demesne (plural demesnes)

1. A lord’s chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor’s own use.  [quotations ▼]

[edit]Translations

[show ▼]a lord's chief manor place

[edit]References

• demesne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

cynosure

WOTD - 16 March 2010    

Contents   [hide]  1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1Translations 1.4 See also

[edit]English

[edit]Etymology

From French cynosure (“Ursa Minor; Polaris”), from Latin Cynosūra (“Ursa Minor”), from Ancient GreekΚυνόσουρα (Kunosoura, “Ursa Minor”), literally “dog’s tail’, from κυνός (kunos, “dog's”) + οὐρά (oura, “tail”).

[edit]Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsʌɪnəʊsjə/

  Hyphenation: cy‧no‧sure

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[edit]Noun

cynosure (plural cynosures)

1. (usually capitalized) Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
2. (figuratively) That which serves to guide or direct; a guiding star.

   let faith be your cynosure to walk by

3. Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration.  [quotations ▼]

[edit]Translations

Ursa Minor — see Ursa Minor

North Star — see North Star

[show ▼]that which serves to guide or direct

[show ▼]something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration

[edit]See also

•  Cynosure in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.