(SH)E Said .
. X Said .
Friday, September 21, 2012
=) @ Pow Wow's
' it's a celebration ! ... the
GOOD
kind .... what other kind is there ? '
Doeth ALL things WELL
It's Good !
Take your pick . Which
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? (n.) 1716, earlier aera (1610s), from L.L. aera, era "an era or epoch from which time is reckoned," probably identical with L. aera "counters used for calculation," pl. of aes (gen. aeris) "brass, copper, money" (see ore, also cf. copper). The Latin word's use in chronology said to have begun in 5c. Spain (where, for some reason unknown to historians, the local era, aera Hispanica, began 38 B.C.E.; some say it was because of a tax levied that year). Like epoch, in English it originally meant "the starting point of an age;" meaning "system of chronological notation" is c.1640s; that of "historical period" is from 1741, e.g. the U.S. Era of Good Feeling (which was anything but) in ref. to the Monroe Administration (1817-24), attested from 1817.eradicate (v.) early 15c., from L. eradicatus, pp. of eradicare "to root out" (see eradication). Related: Eradicated; eradicating; eradicable.eradication (n.) early 15c., from L. eradicationem, noun of action from eradicare "root out, extirpate, annihilate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + radix (gen. radicis) "root" (see radish).erasable (adj.) 1849, from erase + -able.erase (v.) c.1600, from L. erasus, pp. of eradere "scrape out, scrape off, shave," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + radere "to scrape" (see raze). Of magnetic tape, from 1945. Related: Erased; erasing.eraser (n.) "thing that erases writing," 1790, American English, agent noun from erase. Originally a knife for scraping off the ink. As a rubber product for removing pencil marks, from 1858.
Erasmus masc. proper name, Latin, lit. "beloved;" related to Gk. erasmios "lovely, pleasant," from eran "to love" (see Eros).Erastus masc. proper name, Latin, lit. "beloved," from Gk. erastos, verbal adj. of eran "to love" (see Eros).erasure (n.) 1734, from erase + -ure.Erato muse who presided over lyric poetry, from Gk. erastos "loved, beloved; lovely, charming," verbal adj. of eran "to love, to be in love with" (see Eros).
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