Today's Words: Beatification, Doggedly and Yarmulke

Beatification

(bee-at-uh-fi-key-shuhn) Noun 

the act of making blissfully happy

More about Beatification

First recorded in 1495–1505.

From the Late Latin beatificare, to “make happy,” and borrowed directly from the French béatification, “the act of making blessed or holy.”

Examples of Beatification

Volunteering at the shelter provided the woman an inner beatification that no material possession could replace.

After winning the championship, the players were overwhelmed with a sense of beatification.

Doggedly

(daw-gid-lee) Adverb

in a persistent or tenacious manner

More about Doggedly

First recorded in the Middle English period, combining dogged1 + -ly.

Earlier meaning “cruelly, maliciously,” and later meaning “with a dog’s persistence.”

Examples of Doggedly

The student doggedly pursued her goal, despite numerous setbacks.

The athlete doggedly trained every day, even in harsh weather conditions.

Yarmulke

(yah-muh-kuh) noun

a skullcap worn by Orthodox Jewish males

More about Yarmulke

First recorded in 1770–80.

From the French manquer, meaning “to lack, be short of.”

Usually used postpositively after a noun.

Examples of Yarmulke  

She saw herself as an artist manqué, working a desk job while her easel and paints gathered dust.

He was a writer manqué, having never completed the novel he dreamed of publishing.

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