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bijou

Language; Language learning

Bijou is a small delicate, elegant and usually ornamental piece of delicate workmanship such as a jewel.

Smicker

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The word smicker means to look at or after someone amorously. It can also be used to describe the moment you meet someone who takes your breath away.

epeolatry

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Epeolatry means the worship of words. The word epeolatry comes from Greek. The prefix comes from epos, which means “words” while the suffix comes from latreia, meaning worship.

Whirlwind

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A whirlwind event or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal; ''He got married after a whirlwind romance.''.

Homage

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Homage is respect shown towards someone or something you admire, or to someone who is in authority.

Limelight

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If someone is in the limelight, a lot of attention is being paid to them, because they are famous or because they have done something very unusual or exciting.

Etymology is a linguistic diachronic discipline that seeks to establish the formal and semantic origin of a lexical unit, most often a word It relies on the principles of the phonetic history and the ...