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bezonian
noun
Archaic. an indigent rascal; scoundrel.
More about bezonian
The root of the archaic English noun bezonian is the Italian noun bisogno “need, lack,” also in the late 16th century, “raw, needy recruit (newly landed in Italy from Spain).” In English bezonian has always had this meaning, but also, by an easy extension, ”poor beggar, indigent rascal.” Bezonian entered English in the late 16th century.
how is bezonian used?
Great men oft die by vile bezonians …
To Juan, who was nearest him, address’d / His thanks, and hopes to take the city soon / Not reckoning him to be a “base Bezonian” / (As Pistol calls it) but a young Livonian.
More about tempus fugit
One cannot get more classical than tempus fugit “time flies,” a phrase that occurs in the Georgics, a poem about farming and country life published around 29 b.c. by the Roman poet Vergil (70-19 b.c.). Tempus fugit entered English in the late 18th century.
how is tempus fugit used?
Well, tempus fugit; let us be going. We have just an hour to reach our dining-hall.
“Thank you! Thank you!” you call to the woman, “but tempus fugit and to be honest, it’s fugiting rather quickly for me at the moment …”
lollapalooza
noun
Slang. an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
More about lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an American word of unknown but fanciful origin, used by comic writers and humorists such as S.J. Perelman (1904-79) and P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975). Lollapalooza entered English in the early 20th century.
how is lollapalooza used?
Miss Jeynes, that dance was a real lollapalooza.
There will be a storm this evening, bet on it. It will be a lollapalooza.