Vocabulary of Emotions and Human Experience

Posted on Sep 30, 2024 in Latin

Language Vocabulary

Melancholy

(From Lat. Melancholia, and this from Gr. μελαγχολία, black bile).

1. n. Deep, quiet, and persistent sadness stemming from physical or moral causes, preventing the sufferer from finding pleasure or joy.
2. n. Med. A type of monomania dominated by sad emotional states.
3. n. Archaic Black bile.

Passion

(From Lat. Passio, -onis, and this from Gr. πάθος).

1. n. The act of suffering.
2. n. By antonomasia. The Passion of Jesus Christ. Spelling: Capitalized.
3. n. The opposite of action.
4. n. A passive state in the subject.
5. n. A disorderly disturbance or perturbation of the mood.
6. n. A very lively inclination or preference for someone or something.
7. n. Vehement appetite or liking for something.
8. n. A sermon on the torture and death of Jesus Christ, preached on Thursday and Friday.
9. n. The part of each of the four Gospels that depicts the Passion of Christ.

Passion Mood

1. n. Sadness, depression, hopelessness, despair.

Disgusting

(From past participle of disgust, from Lat. Repugnans, -antis).

1. adj. That which is repugnant.
2. adj. That which causes disgust (aversion).

Disgust

(From Lat. Repugnantia).

1. n. Opposition or contradiction between two things.
2. n. Tedium, dislike of someone or something.
3. n. Nausea (alteration of the stomach).
4. n. Aversion or resistance opposed to consent or to doing something.
5. n. Phil. Incompatibility between two attributes or qualities of one thing.

Attribute

(From Lat. Attributum).

1. n. Each of the qualities or properties of a being.
2. n. In artistic works, symbols denoting the nature and representation of figures; e.g., the palm is an attribute of victory, the caduceus of Mercury, etc.
3. n. Gram. The role played by the adjective when it modifies the noun in a nominal group, e.g., blue eyes, good person.
4. n. For some grammarians, a term that identifies or qualifies another by being, being or another verb. His father was a doctor. The offer is acceptable. I consider him my friend.
5. n. Rel. Each of the perfections proper to the essence of God: His omnipotence, His wisdom, love, etc.

Skill¹

(From right-handed).

1. n. Ability, art, or property with which something is done.
2. n. Obsolete Fencing.

Skill²

1. n. Archaic Predicament (jam).

Galvanizing

1. v. To apply a layer of metal on metal by an electric current.
2. v. To bathe a metal surface in molten zinc to prevent rust.
3. v. To suddenly reactivate any activity or human feeling.
4. v. Biol. To stimulate nerves or muscles by applying electrical currents.

Sublime

(From Lat. Sublimis).

1. adj. Exalted, eminent, of extraordinary elevation. Used figuratively, especially applied to moral or intellectual things. It is said especially of mental, literary, and artistic works, or what in them is distinctive characters of admirable grandeur and simplicity. It also applies to people. Sublime speaker, writer, painter.

Music Lovers

(From Gr. μελομανής, singing to the accompaniment of music).

1. n. A person who is a fan of music.

Tenacious

(From Lat. Tenax, -acis).

1. adj. Sticking, clinging, or adhering to one thing, and difficult to separate.
2. adj. That which offers a lot of resistance to breaking or deforming.
3. adj. Firm, stubborn, and persistent in purpose.

Undone

(From past participle of undo).

1. adj. Of rain, a storm, a tempest, etc.: Sudden, loud, violent.
2. adj. Am. Disheveled.
3. n. Am. Waste (shortcut).
4. n. Stealth used to try to hide something or dispel a suspicion.
5. n. A polite farewell.
6. n. A short song at the end of a poetic composition.
7. n. In Spanish dance, a movement done with the opposite foot, breaking the flow of what had been done.
8. n. Am. Waste (shortcut).

Make Undone

1. v. To dissimulate (cleverly conceal one’s intention).

Vate

(From Lat. Vates).

1. n. Soothsayer.
2. n. Poet.

Bow

(Etymology discussed).

1. v. To genuflect or incline the body out of respect.

Ungodly

(From Lat. Impius, with the accent of pious).

1. adj. Lacking piety. Used as a noun.
2. adj. Lacking religion. Used as a noun.
3. adj. Contrary or hostile to religion. Used as a noun.
4. n. Ungodly grass.

Cabal

(From out, end).

1. adj. Adjusted for weight or measure.
2. adj. Of a thing: that it is up to each one.
3. adj. Excellent in its class.
4. adj. Complete, accurate, perfect.
5. n. Huesca. The second-born offspring of an animal.
6. n. Archaic Flow rate (farm).
7. adv. Fully.

To Cabal

1. adv. Archaic Fully.

Not Be in Your Cabal

1. v. To be out of one’s mind.

By Cabal

1. adv. Archaic With much effort, very hard, putting all one’s effort into it.

For Their Cabales

1. adv. Fully.
2. adv. For the right price.
3. adv. In the regular order.

Grim

(From Lat. Nefastus).

1. adj. Of a day or any other division of time: sad, dismal, ominous.
2. adj. Hateful, wretched. Grim ruler. Grim marriage.

See: Day of Disaster

Imprecation

(From Lat. Imprecatio, -onis).

1. n. The act of imprecating.
2. n. Rhet. A figure of speech in which one curses.

Tino¹

(Of uncertain origin).

1. n. Habit or ease of hitting or finding what is being sought.
2. n. Skill in hitting the target or object that is thrown at.
3. n. Trial and sanity.
4. n. Moderation, prudence in action.

A Good Tino

1. adv. Colloquial Roughly, by eye.

A Tino

1. adv. Obsolete In the dark.

Out of Tino

1. v. Colloquial Out of one’s mind (to lose patience).
2. v. Obsolete Out of tact.

Without Tino

1. adv. Without measure. Eat without measure.

Tino²

(From Lat. Tinum).

1. n. A vat used for dyeing.
2. n. A stone tank where boiling water from the boiler goes in the washing of wool.
3. n. A winepress for grapes or olives.

Tino³

1. n. Laurustinus (shrub).

Expiry

Erase guilt, purify them through some sacrifice.

1. v. To cause an offender to suffer the penalty imposed by the courts.
2. v. To have problems because of mistakes or evil dealings.
3. v. To purify something desecrated, like a temple.

Metic

1. adj. Foreigner or outsider. Used as a noun.
2. adj. In ancient Greece, one who established abroad in Athens, who did not enjoy citizenship rights. Used as a noun.

Dilemma

1. n. An argument consisting of two contrary propositions disjunctively, with such artifice that, whether either is denied or granted, what is being tested is demonstrated.
2. n. Doubt, disjunction.

Sorrow

1. n. Fainting, fatigue, anxiety, and distress of mind.

Consumer

1. v. To perform something totally. Consummate the redemption of mankind. Consummate a sacrifice, a crime.
2. v. Of those lawfully wedded: To perform the first act of conjugal rights. Consummate the marriage.
3. v. Law To execute or comply with a contract or legal act.

Fervent

1. adj. Having active and effective fervor.

Dream

1. v. To represent images or events in the mind during sleep. Also used as an intransitive verb.
2. v. To speak fancifully and take for granted what is not certain. Also used as an intransitive verb.
3. v. Of someone: To tremble, remembering their revenge or punishment. Used as a threat. I will make you dream of me. You’re going to dream.
4. v. To crave something persistently. Dream of greatness.

Strip

1. v. To deprive someone of what they have, violently dispossessing them of it.
2. v. To remove anything that covers or completes something.
3. v. To extract relevant data or information from a book or object of study.
4. v. To undress (remove clothing).
5. v. To voluntarily dispossess oneself of something.

Misfortune

1. n. Wretched luck or adverse fortune.
2. n. A wretched state in which someone finds themselves.
3. n. An unfortunate event or occurrence.

Stylus

1. n. A small punch for writing.
2. n. The gnomon of a sundial.
3. n. A pick or punch.
4. n. A dagger with a very narrow and acute blade.
5. n. Med. A thin and flexible metal probe, usually silver, tipped with a ball, used to examine certain wounds.

Padding

1. n. A soft, fluffy material used to fill mattresses, seats, cushions, etc.

Eager

1. adj. Eager, greedy.

Diaphanous

1. adj. Of a body: That which lets light pass through it almost entirely.
2. adj. Clear (clean).

Premonitory

1. adj. Pre-monitor.
2. adj. That which constitutes a premonition (moral warning).
3. adj. Med. A phenomenon said to be a precursor or symptom of illness, based on the state of the person in whom it manifests.

Ensenada

1. adj. Willing or agreeable.
2. n. A part of the sea that enters the land.
3. n. Arg. A corral (for keeping animals indoors).

Matted

1. v. To entangle, mix something up. Matted hair, a skein of silk. Also used as a pronominal verb.
2. v. To confuse, complicate a case, making its resolution more difficult. Matted a lawsuit, a business. Also used as a pronominal verb.
3. v. Of the sky: To become covered with clouds.

Immobility

1. n. The quality of being immobile.

Vasta

Dilated, very large or widespread.

Burnished

1. adj. Shiny. Used figuratively.
2. n. The action and effect of burnishing.

Burnishing

(From Germanic *Brunjes, brun, brown).

1. v. To remove gloss or shine from a metal or stone.
2. v. Hond. and Nic. To tease.
3. v. Colloquial, obsolete To apply makeup to one’s face with various ingredients.

Faena

(From Catalan Fatigues, today feina, something that has to be done).

1. n. Bodywork.
2. n. Mental work.
3. n. Chore. Used in plural.
4. n. The action and effect of fishing (killing cattle).
5. n. Mischief.
6. n. Service that someone performs.
7. n. Taurom. In the field, each of the operations that take place with the bull.
8. n. Taurom. In the bullring, what the bullfighter does during a bullfight, particularly the series of passes with his muleta, preliminary to the kill.
9. n. Guat. Work done on a ranch in overtime.

Couplet

(From Latin Copula, union, link).

1. n. A metrical combination or stanza.
2. n. A poetic composition consisting only of a quatrain of romance, a seguidilla, a quatrain, or other short combinations, usually serving as a verse in popular songs.
3. n. A pair (of two people or things that have some resemblance).
4. n. Colloquial Verses.
5. n. Stories, gossip, nonsense, evasions.

Presto¹

(From Latin Praestus, ready).

1. adj. Prompt, diligent in carrying out something.
2. adj. Ready or willing to begin or finish something.
3. adv. Then, instantly, with great rapidity and brevity.

Presto²

1. adv. Quickly, with alacrity.

Presto³

(From Italian Presto).

1. adv. Mus. With swift motion.
2. n. Mus. A composition or part of it executed with this movement.

Placer¹

(From Latin Placere, to please).

1. v. To please or give pleasure. Conjugated like agradecer. Also used in the 3rd person singular present indicative (place), the imperfect subjunctive (placiera or pluguiera), and the future subjunctive (placiere).

I Please

1. expr. It denotes that something is liked or approved.

Placer²

1. n. Enjoyment, spiritual delight.
2. n. Satisfaction, a pleasant sensation produced by something liked or pleasurable.
3. n. Will, consent, approval.
4. n. Fun, excitement.

A Placer

1. adv. With pleasure, satisfaction, without any hindrance or embarrassment.
2. adv. Rural, Arg. Slowly.

See: house of pleasure, gentleman of leisure

Placer³

(From Catalan Placel, Italian Piazza).

1. n. A bank of sand or stone at the bottom of the sea, flat and somewhat long.
2. n. A sandy area where flowing waters deposit gold particles.
3. n. A pearl fishery on the coasts of America.
4. n. Cuba. A bare or flat, uncovered field, in or near a city.

Flow (Caudal¹)

(From Latin Capitalis, capital).

1. adj. High-volume (of water).
2. adj. Archaic Main (that which is first in importance).
3. n. The amount of water that flows or runs.
4. n. Finance Property of any kind, most commonly money.
5. n. Plenty of things other than money or property.
6. n. Phys. The amount of a liquid or gas flowing in a certain place per unit time.
7. n. Archaic Capital or fund.

Relic Flow

1. n. Law Estates of deceased landowners.

To Flow for Someone or Something

1. v. Obsolete To hold someone in appreciation and respect, paying them much attention. It’s the best people with the king and that makes it more flow.

See: eagle flow, safe

Caudal²

(From Latin Cauda, tail).

1. adj. Of or relating to the tail.

Aide

(From past participle of allege).

1. adj. Near or close in space or time.
2. adj. Of a person: Close to another in kinship, friendship, treatment, or trust. Used as a noun.
3. adj. Arg., Chile, P. Rico, and Ur. Of a person: That who lives temporarily in another’s house, usually without being a relative of the owner. Used as a noun.

Fenec

(Derived from the archaic fenir, from finir).

1. v. Obsolete To put an end to something, to close it. Close the accounts.
2. v. To die (reach the end of life).
3. v. Of something: To be over, finished, or have an end.

Tino

(Of uncertain origin).

1. n. Habit or ease of hitting or finding what is being sought.
2. n. Skill in hitting a target or object that is thrown at.
3. n. Trial and sanity.
4. n. Moderation, prudence in action.

A Good Tino

1. adv. Colloquial Roughly, by eye.

A Tino

1. adv. Obsolete In the dark.

Out of Tino for Someone

1. v. Colloquial Out of their boxes (to lose patience).
2. v. Obsolete Out of tact.

Without Tino

1. adv. Without measure. Eat and get fat without measure.

Tino²

(From Latin Tinum).

1. n. A vat used for dyeing.
2. n. A stone tank where boiling water from the boiler goes in the washing of wool.
3. n. A winepress for grapes or olives.

Tino³

1. n. Laurustinus (shrub).

Shabby

1. adj. Tattered, torn, and full of rags. Used as a noun.
2. adj. Disinherited, very poor. Used as a noun.

Suburb

(From Hispanic Arabic arrabáḍ and from Classical Arabic rabáḍ).

1. n. A quarter outside the main area of a town or city.
2. n. Each of the outlying areas of a populated place.
3. n. A smaller settlement attached to a larger one.

Mediate

(From Latin Mediare).

1. v. To reach the middle of something. Used figuratively.
2. v. To intercede or pray for someone.
3. v. To interpose between two or more who quarrel or contend, trying to reconcile and unite them in friendship.
4. v. Of something: To exist or be in the midst of others.
5. v. Of something: To happen between two moments.
6. v. Of time: To pass, elapse.
7. v. Obsolete To take a compromise between two extremes.

Conjugated like anunciar.

Flattering

1. adj. That which flatters. Used as a noun.
2. adj. That which pleases and delights. Flattering music, voice.

Insult

(From Vulgar Latin *aggraviare).

1. v. To cause grievance.
2. v. Obsolete To make worse, to damage.
3. v. Obsolete To tax.
4. v. Obsolete To consider something extremely serious.
5. v. Obsolete To worsen a crime or punishment.
6. v. To be offended or resentful for some offense.
7. v. Obsolete Of a disease: To worsen.

Conjugated like anunciar.

Frenzy

(From Latin phrenesis, and this from Greek φρενῖτις).

1. n. Furious delirium.
2. n. Violent excitement and disturbance of the mood.

Fiction

(From Latin fictio, -onis).

1. n. The action and effect of feigning.
2. n. Invented stories.
3. n. A genre of literature or film, usually narrative, dealing with imaginary events and characters. Work of fiction.

Fiction by Law/Legal Fiction

1. n. Law The assumption or authorization by law or jurisprudence for someone, as when a child is conceived to have been born.

See: science fiction