This week’s theme
Reborrowed words

This week’s words
craic
anime
turquoise
quarry
cosplay

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(AN-uh-may)

MEANING:

noun: A style of animation originating in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art, exaggerated expressions, oversized heads, large expressive eyes, etc., meant for adults as well as children.

ETYMOLOGY:

The English word animation was imported into Japanese as animēshon;, trimmed into anime, and then imported back into English. The word is ultimately from Latin anima (breath, air, life, soul, or spirit). When we animate something, we breathe life into it. We make static pictures of comic books or manga come alive as moving characters. Earliest documented use: 1985.

USAGE:

“Armed with brutal adolescent candor, she would rather sit behind her closed door, playing video games and watching anime.”
Alexandra Schwartz; All the Wrong Places; The New Yorker; Aug 17, 2020.

See more usage examples of anime in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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