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malcontent

oxygeusia ​

(ok-see-GOO/GYOO-zee/zhee-uh, -zhuh)

MEANING: noun: An acute sense of taste.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek oxy- (sharp) + -geusia (taste). Earliest documented use: 1848. ​

malcontent

malcontent

(MAL-kuhn-tent)

MEANING: noun: One who is chronically dissatisfied. adjective: Chronically dissatisfied, complaining, rebellious, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin mal- (badly) + contentus (satisfied), from continere (to contain), from con- (with) + tenere (to hold).

Earliest documented use: 1574.

malcontent

pastillage

(PAH-stee-ahj)

MEANING: noun: A sugar paste that’s molded into shapes and figures for decorating cakes, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From French pastillage (a small figure made of sugar), from pastille (lozenge), from Spanish pastilla (candy), from Latin pasta (dough).

Earliest documented use: 1883.

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interlope​

 (in-tuhr-LOHP)

MEANING: verb intr.: To intrude or interfere.

ETYMOLOGY: Probably a back-formation from interloper, from Latin inter- (between) + Dutch lopen (to run), which also gave us landloper and landlubber.

Earliest documented use: 1603

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truffle

 (TRUHF-uhl)

MEANING: verb intr.: To search, rummage, dig up, etc.

verb tr.: To stuff or to intersperse with something. noun:

1. Any of various edible fungi that grow underground.

2. A soft, round candy made with chocolate, often coated with cocoa powder.

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incarnate

(ĭn-kär′nĭt)

MEANING: adjective: 1: Invested with bodily nature and form.

2: Embodied in human form; personified.

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