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The word dandelion ( literally, tooth of lion, referring to the shape of the leaves ) is another example, being a substitute for pissenlit, meaning " wet the bed ", a possible reference to the fact that dandelion was used as a diuretic.
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By analogy the word is used in various sciences for feathery excrescences of like appearance, as for the tufts on the heads of insects, the feathery down of the dandelion, the luminous rays at the end of electrified bodies, or the luminous rays-seen in solar eclipses-diverging from the moon's edge.
word and literally
The word art is derived from the Latin " ars ", which, although literally defined means, " skill method " or " technique ", holds a connotation of beauty.
The word acropolis literally in Greek means " city on the extremity " and though associated primarily with the Greek cities Athens, Argos, Thebes, and Corinth ( with its Acrocorinth ), may be applied generically to all such citadels, including Rome, Jerusalem, Celtic Bratislava, many in Asia Minor, or even Castle Rock in Edinburgh.
Technically, it is inaccurate, since the word literally refers to a stance where a person stands with their elbows bent and their hands on their hips ( arms akimbo ) not a posture well suited to shooting.
The word accintus meaning a soldier ( literally, " girt " as for battle ) attests this differing usage.
Although the word " chalcogen " is literally taken from Greek words being " copper-former ", the meaning is more in line with " copper-ore former " or more generally, " ore-former ".
Celibacy, termed brahmacharya in Vedic scripture, is the fourth of the yamas and the word literally translated means " dedicated to the Divinity of Life ".
Although it is usually translated as " element ", the Chinese word xing literally means something like " changing states of being ", " permutations " or " metamorphoses of being ".
The Sanskrit word ' Vāta ' literally means " blown ", ' Vāyu ' " blower ", and ' Prāna ' " breathing " ( viz.
( For example, " tiānqì ", literally " sky breath ", is the ordinary Chinese word for " weather ").
In standard Greek usage, the older word " ecclesia " ( ἐκκλησία, ekklesía, literally " assembly ", " congregation ", or the place where such a gathering occurs ) was retained to signify both a specific edifice of Christian worship ( a " church "), and the overall community of the faithful ( the " Church ").
The Irish word derives from Old Irish, which referred to a wooden structure or vessel, stemming from crann, which means " tree ", plus a diminutive ending — literally " young tree ".
First attested in English in the mid-15th century, the word carat came from Middle French carat, in turn from Italian carato, which came from Arabic qīrāṭ ( قيراط ), which came from Greek kerátion ( κεράτιον ) meaning carob seed ( literally " small horn ")
The word most commonly translated simply as " sin ", het, literally means " to go astray.
The root of the word " divine " is literally " godlike " ( from the Latin deus, cf.
The word " demiurge " is an English word from a Latinized form of the Greek, dēmiourgos, literally " public worker ", and which was originally a common noun meaning " craftsman " or " artisan ", but gradually it came to mean " producer " and eventually " creator ".
The word " existence " comes from the Latin word existere meaning " to appear ", " to arise ", " to become ", or " to be ", but literally, it means " to stand out " ( ex-being the Latin prefix for " out " added to the Latin verb stare, meaning " to stand ").
The word " ecumenical " derives from the Greek language "", which literally means " the inhabited world ", – a reference to the Roman Empire that later was extended to apply to the world in general.
The word episcopal is derived from the, transliterated epískopos, which literally means overseer ; the word, however, is used in religious contexts to refer to a bishop.
As a result, the English word is now associated with the Nazi government of Germany not used often in post-World War II English unless one wishes to invoke the Nazis, or one is translating literally from a foreign language where that language's equivalent of " fatherland " does not bear Nazi connotations.
The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias (), literally " milky ", a reference to the Milky Way galaxy.
" The Chinese word for " gunpowder " is, which literally means " Fire Medicine "; however this name only came into use some centuries after the mixture's discovery.
word and tooth
* The word ' gigi ' means " tooth ", while ' gerigi ' means " serration "'.
Historically, the sperm whale was also known as the common cachalot ; " cachalot " is derived from an archaic French word for " tooth ".
The sperm whale is also known as the " cachalot ", which is thought to derive from the archaic French for " tooth " or " big teeth ", as preserved for example in cachau in the Gascon dialect ( a word of either Romance or Basque origin ).
The word mesoplodon comes from the Greek meso-( middle )-hopla ( arms )-odon ( teeth ), and may be translated as ' armed with a tooth in the centre of the jaw '.
The word canine comes from the adjective form, caninus (" of the dog "), from which the term canine tooth is also derived.
Examples: Pfanne ( pan ), Zaan ( tooth ), dütsch ( German ), Tschooli ( stupid person, traditional word ), Tschooppe ( jacket, traditional word ), tschegge ( to understand, from English ‘ to check ’).
The word comes from the Greek terms peri -, meaning " around " and-odons, meaning " tooth.
word and lion
Upon receiving word of his death, his son Archie telegraphed his siblings simply, " The old lion is dead.
The word " shir " in Persian means " lion ", but it could also mean " milk ".
The English word chameleon ( also chamaeleon ) derives from Latin chamaeleō, a borrowing of the Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων ( khamailéōn ), a compound of χαμαί ( khamaí ) " on the ground " and λέων ( léōn ) " lion ".
The Greek word is a calque translating the Akkadian nēš qaqqari, literally ' lion ground ' ( adjectives follow nouns in Akkadian ).
* Dominion, by john h. eickert is a novel set in Africa where a witchdoctor uses his ability to change into rahtetu ( the Bantu word for lion man ) to safeguard an ancient forest.
From 1947 to 1950, the Governor-General of India used a dark blue flag bearing the royal crest ( a lion standing on the Crown ), beneath which was the word ' India ' in gold majuscules.
In archaic Bulgarian the word " lev " meant " lion ".
Another well-remembered skit, also without a word from Conway, featured him playing Simba, a lion raised by humans then released to the wild ( based on the lioness Elsa in the film Born Free ).
The word Sing originates from the Sanskrit word Singh meaning lion, and the word buri from Sanskrit Puri meaning town or city.
" Tau " is a Sesotho word meaning " lion ", and this animal is their totem.
The Sanskrit and the Middle Indic words have as their first element ( siṃha and sīha ) the word " lion " in the respective languages.
From a linguistic point of view, however, neither interpretation is convincing, so that we can only safely say that the word Sinhala is somehow connected to a term meaning " lion ".
The word mbube means " lion " in Zulu.
An example of canting arms proper are those of the Borough of Congleton in Cheshire consisting of a conger eel, a lion ( in Latin, leo ) and a tun ( another word for a barrel ).
The word " Singh " is derived to Sanskrit Siṃha meaning lion.
* In Tamil, the word for lion is Singham, Singhan, Sing or Singhe written as ச ி ங ் க, also derived from Sanskrit ( see Singapore )
* Chinese is said to have also derived the word for lion from Buddhist missionaries from India.
The cross-shaped medal is made of poly-chromed metal and measures 7. 5 × 7. 5 " ( 19. 1 × 19. 1 cm ) It features a lion in profile above a crown and a knight's helmet, and the word " Courage " in raised blue scroll lettering.
This exchange can be seen in that the Chinese word for lion is " Shi " ( 師, later 獅 / 狮 ), which shares the same etymological roots as " Shiar " ( شیر ), the Persian language name for the animal.
Gender-neutral roots such as leono " lion " and kelnero " waiter " may be made feminine with a grammatical suffix ( leonino " lioness ", kelnerino " waitress "), but there is no comparable way to derive the masculine ; there was not even originally a word for " male ".
The name " Simba " comes from the Swahili word for lion.
The word " leone " is Italian for lion.
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