Thursday, March 26, 2009

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magnanimity
Latin roots magn- great, and anima, soul
1. The quality of being magnanimous.
2. A magnanimous act.


The magnanimity of Alexander towards the captive Porus (1696).

malevolent
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malleable
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin mallebilis, from mallere, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]
1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.
2. Easily controlled or influenced; tractable.
3. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: the malleable mind of the pragmatist.
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"




martial
1325–75; ME <>

युद्ध संबंधी

2 belonging to or suitable for war martial music

रण-विषयक, युद्ध संबंधी

n martial ˈart
(usuallymartial arts) a traditional way of fighting in sports such as judo or karate.

युद्ध विद्या

martial law
the ruling of a country by the army in time of war or great national emergency, when ordinary law does not apply The country is now under martial law

सैनिक कानून
maverick
Possibly after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), American cattleman who left the calves in his herd unbranded .]
A maverick is an unbranded range animal, especially a motherless calf. It can also mean a person who thinks independently, a lone dissenter, a non-conformist or rebel. Sometimes it means to swear to one
independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"

mendacity
1640–50; <>






mercurial
1350–1400; ME <>

meticulous
1525–35; <>misanthrope
Greek misanthrōpos hating humankind, from misein to hate + anthrōpos human being
One who hates or mistrusts humankind

mitigate
1375–1425; late ME mitigaten <>

mollify
Middle English mollifien, from Middle French mollifier, from Late Latin mollificare, from Latin mollis soft; akin to Greek amaldynein to soften, Sanskrit mṛdu soft, and probably to Greek malakos soft, amblys dull, Old English meltan to melt

1. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
2. to mitigate or reduce; soften: to mollify one's demands.

v mollify [ˈmolifai]
to calm, soothe or lessen the anger of.








शांत करना


n mollifiˈcation [-fi-]

प्रशमन



Morose
Latin morosus, literally, capricious, from mor-, mos will
–adjective
1. Gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
2. characterized by or expressing gloom
adj morose [məˈrəus]
angry and silent.

चिड़चिड़ा, रूखा

adv moˈrosely



उदासी, रूखापन

n moˈroseness


उदासी, रूखापन


mundane
Middle English mondeyne, from Anglo-French mundain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus world
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs.
2. common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
3. of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth.

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