2013年5月14日火曜日

Awayness

2awayfunction: adjective date: 14th century 1 : absent from a place : gone lt;away for the weekendgt;2 : distant in space or time lt;a lake 10 miles awaygt; lt;the season is two months awaygt;3 : played on an opponent's grounds lt;home and away gamesgt;4 baseball : out lt;two away in the ninthgt;— away;ness noun

2013年5月6日月曜日

あとぎよめ【後浄め】の意味

葬式で、棺を送り出したあと、室内を祓(はら)い清めること。あとばらい。 ◆アクセント:あとぎよめ 3

2013年3月25日月曜日

Collaterally

1col;lat;er;al pronunciation: function: adjective etymology: middle english, from anglo-french, from medieval latin collateralis, from latin com- + lateralis lateraldate: 14th century 1 a : accompanying as secondary or subordinate : concomitant lt;digress into collateral mattersgt; b : indirect c : serving to support or reinforce : ancillary2 : belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent — compare lineal 3a3 : parallel, coordinate, or corresponding in position, order, time, or significance lt;collateral states like athens and spartagt;4 a : of, relating to, or being collateral used as security (as for payment of a debt or performance of a contract) b : secured by collateral— col;lat;er;al;i;ty noun — col;lat;er;al;ly adverb

2013年1月1日火曜日

Caryatid

cary;at;id pronunciation: function: noun inflected form(s): plural cary;at;ids or cary;at;ides etymology: latin caryatides, plural, from greek karyatides priestesses of artemis at caryae, caryatids, from karyai caryae in laconiadate: 1563 : a draped female figure supporting an entablature[caryatid illustration]