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embarrassment
English
Etymology
From embarrass +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?bæ??sm?nt/
Noun
embarrassment (countable and uncountable, plural embarrassments)
- A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
- A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
- Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
- Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
- A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements.
- 1914, Collier's, page 30
- There are over 5,000 Americans now in Paris, many artists, singers, musicians, writers, and actors, so many, indeed, the committee could hardly pick a program from an embarrassment of volunteers.
- 1996, David Morgan Evans, Peter Salway, David Thackray, The Remains of Distant Times: Archaeology and the National Trust, Boydell & Brewer ?ISBN, page 188
- The landscape presented an embarrassment of riches for the industrial archaeologist, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century remains were still visible in abundance
- 2013, Frank Boccia, The Crouching Beast: A United States Army Lieutenant's Account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill, May 1969, McFarland ?ISBN, page 256
- At one time, I reflected, we'd had an embarrassment of good, qualified squad leader—ready men in the platoon.
- 1914, Collier's, page 30
- A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty
- (medicine) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
- (dated) Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- embarrassment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- embarrassment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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insanity
English
Etymology
A three-part word (root 'sane', prefix 'in-' meaning 'not', suffix '-ity', meaning 'the state of'). Derived from Latin precursory equivalents. Two possible candidates for construction order:
- insane +? -ity: ins?nus (“unhealthy; insane”) + -it?s
- Latin ins?nus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sanus (“sound, sane”). Modern forms of roots: in- + sane
- in- +? sanity: in- (“lacking; without”) +? sanit?s (“health; sanity”)
- Latin sanit?s (“sound in mind; sane”), from s?nus + -it?s. Modern forms of roots: sane + -ity
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?sæn?ti/
Noun
insanity (countable and uncountable, plural insanities)
- The state of being insane; madness.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:insanity
Antonyms
- sanity
Related terms
- insane
Translations
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