celerity |səˈleritē| noun archaic or literary swiftness of movement.ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old French celerite, from Latin celeritas, from celer ‘swift.’
Sometimes I wonder how and why word usage changes. I can understand "landau" going out of fashion, but what was wrong with "celerity"? Aside from sounding like a root vegetable.
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Wednesday Word: Brumous
brumous |ˈbrəməs| adjective literary foggy; wintry.ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French brumeux, from late Latin brumosus (from bruma ‘winter’).
That's the local scene from about a month ago—it gets foggy in my 'hood once in a few years. Currently it's summer in LA with sunny skies and temperatures in the eighties. Not a drop of rain in sight. El Niño has been a big disappointment so far.
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