Word of the Day
sui juris
adjective
capable of managing one's affairs or assuming legal responsibility.
More about sui juris
Sui juris is from Latin suī jūris, meaning “of one’s own right.” Suī is the possessive adjective meaning “her,” “his,” “its,” “one’s,” or “their.” Jūris is the rhotacized form of jūs, “law, right,” and it is the source of conjure, jury, and justice. Sui juris was first recorded in English circa 1610.
EXAMPLE OF SUI JURIS USED IN A SENTENCE
Unless demonstrated otherwise, every adult is regarded as sui juris in the eyes of the law.
More about farouche
Farouche comes from Old French. Prior to that, farouche may come from Late Latin forāsticus, “belonging outside,” from Latin forās or forīs, “outside, out of doors,” which is the source of foreign, forest, and forfeit. Farouche was first recorded in English in the 1760s.
EXAMPLE OF FAROUCHE USED IN A SENTENCE
On their first day of high school, the students who had recently moved to the district were farouche and kept to themselves.
aurora
noun
a radiant emission from the upper atmosphere that occurs sporadically over the middle and high latitudes of both hemispheres in the form of luminous bands, streamers, or the like.
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More about aurora
Aurora comes from Latin aurōra, “dawn,” which was also the name of the Roman goddess of sunrise. Aurōra has two distant and unexpected relatives in English: east and Easter, both of which originally referred to the direction of the sunrise. In the context of lights in the sky, aurora was first recorded in English in the early 18th century.
EXAMPLE OF AURORA USED IN A SENTENCE
Because of that year’s strong solar wind, numerous aurorae glowed and danced in the winter sky.
