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  • Nonsubliminal

    Nonsubliminal

    (adj.) non-sub-lim-in-al – /nɒnˌsʌbˈlaɪm.ɪn.əl/

    • having enough citrus so as to prevent scurvy
      • The ship’s surgeon declared the crew’s diet fully nonsubliminal after their last supply run.

    📖 View Structural Etymology & Gesenius Plates ▾

    Neologism formed from non- + sub- “below” + lime “greenish-yellow citrus fruit”, 1630s; and limen “threshold” + -al

    Origin obscurved

  • Strepitous

    Strepitous

    (adj.) strep-i-tous | ˈstrepətəs

    — clamorous, noisy, boisterous, crash, din, great noise

    Ex. use in Christianity: The earthquake that occurred at the moment of Christ’s death on the cross (Matthew 27:51).

    📜 View Linguistic Root Analysis (strepitus) ▾

    • from Latin strepitus noise, from strepo, -ere ‘to make a loud noise’ (Sall+)
    • from PIE *strep-e/o (uncertain); OIc. prefa ‘to quarrel’, OIc. þrapt ‘gossip’ OE þræft, MLG drevlinge ‘quarrel’