كلمتا هذا اليومDwam / Cursory
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Cursory (adjective)
Pronunciation: ['kêrs-êr-ee]
Definition: Passing over something in haste, paying little attention to detail, as a cursory reading of a text.
Usage: Today's word should not be confused with cursorial [kêr-'sor-ee-yêl] "adapted to or designed for running," as the cursorial legs of the ostrich. The adverb for today's word is "cursorily" ['kêrs-êr-ê-li] and the noun is "cursoriness."
Suggested Usage: It might seem that words based on the Latin root for "run" are running the English lexicon: "After a cursory discourse on the curriculum in the corridor, Carpenter concurred with his charge on the current courses and told him to carry on." But back to business. "Cursory" is most of ten associated with reading, but almost any activity may be cursory: "After cursorily dusting the room and pretending to vacuum, Valerie decided that the afternoon would be better spent watching soap operas."
Etymology: Late Latin cursorius "pertaining to running" from Latin cursor "runner" from currerre "to run." (Now you know why it can be so hard to find your cursor at certain times.) this root is found in many words borrowed from Latin, including "current," "corridor" (which explains why kids must run in one), "courier," "course," "corral" and Afrikaans kraal "corral, rural village." English "car" comes from Latin carrus "wagon" of the same root, which also underlies "career," "charge," and "chariot," not to mention "carpenter" from Latin carpentum "a two-wheeled carriage."
–Dr. Language, YourDictionary.com
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Dwam (noun)
Pronunciation: ['dwæm]
Definition: 1) A fainting fit, a swoon; 2) a daydream.
Usage: In north-eastern Scotland a sickly child can be called "dwamie" or "dwamish," demonstrating that the two meanings of "dwam" are not as far apart as they at first appear. The feverish child not only feels faint, but may also drift off into half-waking reveries. To be "in a dwam" is to be far gone in a daydream. The verb "to dwam" means "to faint," but to "dwam over" is simply to drift off gently to sleep or to take a nap.
Suggested Usage: "Dwamming over" is just as pleasant as it sounds: "I had just dwammed over nicely last Sunday afternoon, when some idiot phoned the wrong number and woke me up." But going into a dwam at the wrong moment can be problematic: "I came out of a dwam at the last board meeting to discover I'd been elected to chair the pay-review committee."
Etymology: Originally spelled "dwalm," this word reaches back to an old Germanic "strong" verb, the sort that switches vowels as it changes tense, like "swim : swam." In this case it shifted from "dwel-" to "dwal-" to "dwol-", and meant something like "to be stunned" or "to go astray." From the present tense of the same verb we have derived English "dwell," which originally meant "to delay" or "to desist from action," and only later shifted to take on its modern meaning of staying in one place for some time.
–Dr. Language, YourDictionary.com
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