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chuffing [chuffing 词源字典]: "Used for emphasis or as a mild expletive", 1980s: perhaps related to chuff².[chuffing etymology, chuffing origin, 英语词源]
commendatory: "Serving to present something as suitable for approval or acceptance", Mid 16th century: from late Latin commendatorius, from Latin commendare 'commit to the care of' (see commend).
conservatoire: "A college for the study of classical music or other arts, typically in the continental European tradition", Late 18th century: French, from Italian conservatorio, from late Latin conservatorium, from conservare 'to preserve' (see conserve). Compare with conservatory.
candida: "A yeast-like parasitic fungus that can sometimes cause thrush", Modern Latin, feminine of Latin candidus 'white'.
consociate: "A partner or associate", Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'associated'): from Latin consociatus 'joined in action', from the verb consociare, from con 'together' + socius 'sharing, allied'.
crore: "Ten million; one hundred lakhs, especially of rupees, units of measurement, or people", From Hindi karoṛ, based on Sanskrit koṭi 'ten millions'.
court card: "A playing card that is a king, queen, or jack of a suit", Mid 17th century: alteration of 16th-century coat card, so named because of the decorative dress of the figures depicted.
chaise longue: "A sofa with a backrest at only one end", Early 19th century: French, literally 'long chair'.
cosmopolis: "A city inhabited by people from many different countries", Mid 19th century: from Greek kosmos 'world' + polis 'city'.
chowk: "(In South Asia) an open market area in a city at the junction of two roads", From Hindi cauk.
crumbs: "Used to express dismay or surprise", Late 19th century: euphemism for Christ.
cladistics: "A method of classification of animals and plants that aims to identify and take account of only those shared characteristics which can be deduced to have originated in the common ancestor of a group of species during evolution, not those arising by convergence", 1960s: from clade + -ist + -ics.
convergent: "Coming closer together; converging", Early 18th century: from late Latin convergent- 'inclining together', from the verb convergere (see converge).
chrysoberyl: "A greenish or yellowish-green oxide of beryllium and aluminium which occurs as tabular crystals, sometimes of gem quality", Mid 17th century: from Latin chrysoberyllus, from Greek khrusos 'gold' + bērullos 'beryl'.
cybernaut: "An expert or habitual user of the Internet", 1960s (in the senses 'robot' and 'cyborg'): from cyber-, on the pattern of astronaut.
crab apple: "A small sour apple", Late Middle English: crab perhaps an alteration (influenced by crab¹ or crabbed) of Scots and northern English scrab, in the same sense, probably of Scandinavian origin.
criss-cross: "A pattern of intersecting straight lines or paths", Early 17th century (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook): from Christ-cross (in the same sense in late Middle English), from Christ's cross. The form was later treated as a reduplication of cross.
commutate: "Regulate or reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current), especially to make it a direct current", Late 19th century: from Latin commutat- 'changed altogether, exchanged, interchanged', from the verb commutare (see commute).
cockatiel: "A slender long-crested Australian parrot related to the cockatoos, with a mainly grey body, white shoulders, and a yellow and orange face", Late 19th century: from Dutch kaketielje, probably a diminutive of kaketoe 'cockatoo'.
compo (1): "A material made up of a mixture of different substances", Early 19th century: abbreviation of composite.