Word of the day - Prelapsarian

[jared2]

Let's make a list of little known and interesting words.

[Mystery Squid]

usufruct


I get the right to use your toy as long as I don't break it. (or something like that... :P )

[jared2]

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usufruct
I get the right to use your toy as long as I don't break it. (or something like that... :P )
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Good one. Sounds a bit dirty, doesn't it?

[a. late L. {umac}s{umac}fruct-us (whence Sp. and Pg. usufructo, It. usu-, usofrutto, Pr. usufrug), ad. L. {umac}sus-fructus (abl. {umac}s{umac}-fruct{umac}). Cf. USUFRUIT.]

1. Law. The right of temporary possession, use, or enjoyment of the advantages of property belonging to another, so far as may be had without causing damage or prejudice to this. Also transf.
c1630 SIR T. HOPE Minor Practicks (1734) 252 After the Usu-fruct is once lawfully constitute by a Seasin. 1681 STAIR Instit. xvi. 327 Usufruct is the power of disposal of the use and fruits, saving the Substance of the thing. 1710 J. HARRIS Lex. Techn. II. s.v. Services, Services Personal, are those due from a Thing to a Person, and of these they account..Usufruct, Use and Habitation. 1766 BLACKSTONE Comm. II. 105 A subject therefore hath only the usufruct, and not the absolute property of the soil. 1839 CARLYLE Chartism x. 176 Lawsuits in chancery for some short usufruct of a bit of land. 1853 J. H. NEWMAN Hist. Sk. (1873) I. I. ii. 74 They held it [sc. Sogdiana] in possession..for 90 or 100 years; they came into the usufruct and enjoyment of it. 1868 BROWNING Ring & Bk. II. 211 He owned some usufruct, had moneys' use Lifelong.
fig. 1863 PATMORE Angel in Ho. I. II. ii, Could eternal life afford That tyranny should thus deduct From this fair land..A year of the sweet usufruct.

b. An office of which one is usufructuary. rare.
1848 HALLAM Suppl. Notes Hist. Mid. Ages 116 M. Guérard..is of opinion that, though benefices were ultimately fiefs, in the first stage of the monarchy they were only usufructs.

2. gen. Use, enjoyment, or profitable possession (of something).
1811 LAMB Elia I. Bachelor's Compl., In the rich man's houses and pictures..I have a temporary usufruct at least. 1835 GRESWELL Parables IV. 490 No more than preliminary to the usufruct of the Kingdom itself. 1863 KINGLAKE Crimea I. 41 Which of the rival Churches should have the control and usufruct of every holy shrine.

b. esp. Beneficial use or enjoyment of land. Also fig. and transf.
1864 MARSH Man & Nat. 35 Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption. 1870 HUXLEY Lay Serm. xii. 313 Depriving man of the usufruct of one of the most fertile fields of his great patrimony, Nature. 1898 HARCOURT in Times 30 March 8/2 The ‘usufruct’ of Port Arthur and Ta-lien-wan had been granted to Russia. ‘Usufruct’ appears to be a new word [in this connection].

3. attrib., as usufruct discipline, right.
1845 R. W. HAMILTON Pop. Educ. iv. 69 A sordid, utilitarian, usufruct, discipline of the youthful mind. 1881 ‘H. H.’ Century of Dishonor 115 The usufruct right of the Indians to the lands occupied by them.

Hence usu{sm}fruction = sense 2b.
1846 Congressional Globe 27 May 862/3 They saw..that they could..get the whole [boundary-line], at least for a long time, under our own delusive project of joint usufruction.

[Mystery Squid]

pre·lap·sar·i·an ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prlp-sâr-n)
adj.
Of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.


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[pre- + Latin lpsus, fall; see lapse + -arian.]


Boy, how do you use that one in daily conversation?

Unless, of course, you happen to be a researcher within the Vatican Archives where this sort of thing probably comes up every now and then...

[jared2]

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pre·lap·sar·i·an ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prlp-sâr-n)
adj.
Of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.
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[pre- + Latin lpsus, fall; see lapse + -arian.]
Boy, how do you use that one in daily conversation?

Unless, of course, you happen to be a researcher within the Vatican Archives where this sort of thing probably comes up every now and then...
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Just use it figuratively, as in

"I remember those prelapsarian days well, the days before the neocons took over the white house."

[Mystery Squid]

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Just use it figuratively, as in

"I remember those prelapsarian days well, the days before the neocons took over the white house."
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or, hmmm, let's see...

"It didn't occur to me until I took her to planned parenthood for birth control pills, the prelapsarian days of her youth, had effectively ended well before prom night."



THIS is a fun thread!

[MarinJohn]

pu·sil·lan·i·mous
Pronunciation: -'la-n&-m&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin pusillanimis, from Latin pusillus very small (diminutive of pusus boy) + animus spirit; perhaps akin to Latin puer child -- more at PUERILE, ANIMATE
: lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
synonym see COWARDLY
- pu·sil·lan·i·mous·ly adverb

Hmmm, sounds like our elected democrats in congress

[ggarb]

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pu·sil·lan·i·mous
Pronunciation: -'la-n&-m&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin pusillanimis, from Latin pusillus very small (diminutive of pusus boy) + animus spirit; perhaps akin to Latin puer child -- more at PUERILE, ANIMATE
: lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
synonym see COWARDLY
- pu·sil·lan·i·mous·ly adverb

Hmmm, sounds like our elected democrats in congress
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As opposed to our elected Republicans in Prison?

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NeoCon = contraction of Neo (new) + Convict (convicted criminal)

[jared2]

How about

"I looked forward to having usufruct of my friend's girlfriend during the prelapsarian days of her youth, but was forestalled by unaccustomed pusilanimity".

[skruse]

Sastrugi - Sharp, irregular ridges formed on a snow surface by wind erosion and deposition. The ridges are parallel to the direction of the prevailing wind. The Russian word (zastrugi) is a collective noun and lacks a singular form. An individual ridge in a field of sastrugi has been called "sastruga" in some English-language articles.

While sastrugi is beautiful, it can be hell to walk on or ski over. Ridges, while rigid, are in constant motion as wind and sublimation constantly reshape everything.