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<span class="foreign notranslate">agglomerationem</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">agglomeratio</span>), noun of action from past-participle stem of <span class="foreign notranslate">agglomerare</span> "to wind or add onto a ball," from <span class="foreign notranslate">ad</span> "to" (see <a href="/word/ad-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ad- " class="crossreference notranslate">ad-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">glomerare</span> "wind up in a ball," from <span class="foreign notranslate">glomus</span> (genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">glomeris</span>) "ball, ball of yarn, ball-shaped mass," which is of uncertain origin (see <a href="/word/glebe" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of glebe " class="crossreference notranslate">glebe</a>). In reference to a mass so formed, it is recorded from 1833.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/agglomeration#etymonline_v_26066"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><div id="div-gpt-ad-pc-sp-infeed-1" style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of bewigged" href="/word/bewigged#etymonline_v_42935">bewigged<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"wearing a wig," 1774, from <a href="/word/be-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of be- " class="crossreference notranslate">be-</a> + <a href="/word/wig#etymonline_v_8001" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of wig " class="crossreference notranslate">wig</a> (n.).</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/bewigged#etymonline_v_42935"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of black code" href="/word/black%20code#etymonline_v_27165">black code<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>local or state legal restrictions on black persons, free or slave, 1774, American English, though the first reference is to French colonies in the West Indies.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/black%20code#etymonline_v_27165"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of blenny" href="/word/blenny#etymonline_v_13598">blenny<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>type of small fish, 1774, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">blennius</span> (in Pliny), from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">blennos</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">blenna</span> "slime, snot, mucous discharge," so called for the coating on its scales (from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*mled-sno-</span>, suffixed form of root <a href="/word/*mel-#etymonline_v_52691" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *mel- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*mel-</a> (1) "soft"). "The Blennies (<span class="foreign notranslate">B. gattorugine</span> and allied species) are little fishes common in the rock pools, often called Butterfishes from the slime or mucus which they exude. Hence their name" [Thompson, "A Glossary of Greek Fishes"].</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/blenny#etymonline_v_13598"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of branchial" href="/word/branchial#etymonline_v_53021">branchial<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"of or pertaining to gills," 1774, from Modern Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">branchialis</span>, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">branchiae</span> "gills," from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">brankhia</span> "gills," plural of <span class="foreign notranslate">brankhion</span> "fin." Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Branchiate</span>.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/branchial#etymonline_v_53021"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="5022190299" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of breccia" href="/word/breccia#etymonline_v_17085">breccia<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"conglomerate rock of angular pieces," 1774, from Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">breccia</span>, "marble of angular pieces," from a Germanic source akin to Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">brecha</span> "a breaking," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*brekan</span>, from PIE root <a href="/word/*bhreg-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *bhreg- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*bhreg-</a> "to break." The same Germanic root is the source of Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">brecha</span>, French <span class="foreign notranslate">br猫che</span> "a breach."</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/breccia#etymonline_v_17085"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of campus" href="/word/campus#etymonline_v_644">campus<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"college grounds," 1774, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">campus</span> "flat land, field," from Proto-Italic <span class="foreign notranslate">*kampo-</span> "field," a word of uncertain origin. De Vaan finds cognates in Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">kamp膿</span> "a bending, bow, curvature," etc., if the original sense of <span class="foreign notranslate">campus</span> was "depression, curve" (see <a href="/word/jamb" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of jamb " class="crossreference notranslate">jamb</a>), and concludes the source in PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*kamp-</span> "could well be a European substratum word from agricultural terminology." First used in college sense at Princeton.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/campus#etymonline_v_644"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of capybara" href="/word/capybara#etymonline_v_27696">capybara<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>also <span class="foreign notranslate">capibara</span>, large South American rodent, 1774, from the Tupi (Brazilian) native name.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/capybara#etymonline_v_27696"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of catoptric" href="/word/catoptric#etymonline_v_46997">catoptric<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"pertaining to mirrors or a mirror," 1774, from Latinized form of Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">katoptrikos</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">katoptron</span> "mirror," from <span class="foreign notranslate">kata</span> "against" (see <a href="/word/cata-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cata- " class="crossreference notranslate">cata-</a>) + stem of <span class="foreign notranslate">optos</span> "seen, visible" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*okw-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *okw- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*okw-</a> "to see") + instrumental suffix <span class="foreign notranslate">-tron</span>. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Catoptrics</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">catoptrical</span>.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/catoptric#etymonline_v_46997"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Chantilly" href="/word/Chantilly#etymonline_v_8419">Chantilly<!-- -->聽<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>town in France near Paris; as a kind of porcelain made there, 1774; in reference to a delicate lace originally made there, 1831. The place name is Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">Chantileium</span>, from the Gallo-Roman personal name <span class="foreign notranslate">Cantilius</span>.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/Chantilly#etymonline_v_8419"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="pagination_simple--1ilDd"><a style="visibility:hidden" title="prev" class="pagination_simple_prev--1rWzQ" role="button" href="/search?page=0&q=from:1774&type=&sort=a"><i class="fa fa-2x fa-angle-left" aria-hidden="true"></i></a><a title="next" role="button" href="/search?page=2&q=from:1774&type=&sort=a">Next</a><a style="visibility:visible" title="next" class="pagination_simple_next--3KB2t" role="button" href="/search?page=2&q=from:1774&type=&sort=a"><i class="fa fa-2x fa-angle-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></div><ul class="ant-pagination pagination--1DEpf" 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