883
江边踏青罢,回首见旌旗。风起春城暮,高楼鼓角悲。杜甫唐代...

253
何处一屏风,分明怀素踪。虽多尘色染,犹见墨痕浓。怪石奔秋涧,寒藤挂古松。若教临水畔,字字恐成龙。韩偓翻译:你从哪里得到这一个屏风?上面分明有怀素书法的踪迹。虽然有很多灰尘、颜色的沾染,但还能够见到墨痕...

786
金尊莫倚青春健,龌龊浮生如走电。琴瑟盘倾从世珠,黄泥局泻流年箭。麻姑爪秃瞳子昏,东皇肉角生鱼鳞。灵鳌柱骨半枯朽,骊龙德悔愁耕人。周孔蓍龟久沦没,黄蒿谁认贤愚骨。兔苑词才去不还,兰亭水石空明月。姮娥弄箫...

480
abroadabroad: [13] It was only in the 15th century that abroad came to mean ‘in foreign parts’. Earl...

587
abrogate (v.)1520s, from Latin abrogatus, past participle of abrogare \\\"to annul, repeal (a law),\...

314
abrogation (n.)1530s, from Latin abrogationem (nominative abrogatio) \\\"repeal of a law,\\\" noun o...

1100
abrupt (adj.)1580s, from Latin abruptus \\\"broken off, precipitous, disconnected,\\\" past particip...

681
abscessabscess: [16] Abscess comes, via French abcès, from Latin abscessus, a noun derived from absc...

492
abscissa (n.)1690s, from Latin abscissa (linea) \\\"(a line) cut off,\\\" from fem. past participle...

934
abscission (n.)\\\"removal or cutting away,\\\" early 15c., from Latin abscissionem (nominative absc...

527
abscond (v.)1560s, from Middle French abscondre and directly from Latin abscondere \\\"to hide, conc...

812
absence (n.)late 14c., from Old French absence (14c.), from Latin absentia, noun of state from absen...

457
absentabsent: [14] Absent is based ultimately on the Latin verb ‘to be’, esse. To this was added the...

193
absenteeism (n.)1829, from absentee + -ism; originally in reference to landlords, especially in Irel...

587
absoluteabsolute: [14] Absolute, absolution, and absolve all come ultimately from the same source: L...

945
absolutely (adv.)late 14c., \\\"unconditionally, completely,\\\" from absolute (adj.) + -ly (2). Fro...

759
absolve (v.)early 15c., from Latin absolvere \\\"set free, loosen, acquit,\\\" from ab- \\\"from\\\"...

871
absorbabsorb: [15] Absorb comes, via French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, a compound verb formed f...

778
absorption (n.)1590s, from Latin absorptionem (nominative absorptio), noun of action from past parti...

871
abstainabstain: [14] The literal meaning of this word’s ultimate source, Latin abstinēre, was ‘hold...

223
abstemious (adj.)c. 1600, from Latin abstemius \\\"sober, temperate,\\\" from ab(s)- \\\"from\\\" (s...

416
abstention (n.)1520s, from Middle French abstention (Old French astencion), from Late Latin abstenti...

571
abstinence (n.)mid-14c., \\\"forbearance in indulgence of the appetites,\\\" from Old French abstine...

229
abstinent (adj.)late 14c., from Old French abstinent (earlier astenant) \\\"moderate, abstemious, mo...

459
abstract (adj.)late 14c., originally in grammar (of nouns), from Latin abstractus \\\"drawn away,\\\...

1002
abstraction (n.)c. 1400, \\\"a withdrawal from worldly affairs, asceticism,\\\" from Old French abst...

828
abstruseabstruse: [16] It is not clear whether English borrowed abstruse from French abstrus(e) or d...

273
abstruseabstruse: [16] It is not clear whether English borrowed abstruse from French abstrus(e) or d...

968
absurd (adj.)1550s, from Middle French absurde (16c.), from Latin absurdus \\\"out of tune; foolish\...

724
absurdity (n.)late 15c., from Middle French absurdité, from Late Latin absurditatem (nominative absu...

565
abundance (n.)mid-14c., from Old French abondance and directly from Latin abundantia \\\"fullness, p...

738
abundant (adj.)late 14c., from Old French abundant and directly from Latin abundantem (nominative ab...

570
abuseabuse: see useabuse (v.)early 15c., \\\"to misuse, misapply,\\\" from Middle French abuser, fro...

961
abusive (adj.)1530s (implied in abusively), originally \\\"improper,\\\" from Middle French abusif,...

391
abutabut: see buttabut (v.)mid-13c., \\\"to end at, to border on,\\\" from Old French aboter \\\"joi...

610
abysmal (adj.)1650s, formed in English from abysm + -al (1). Weakened sense of \\\"extremely bad\\\"...

314
abyssabyss: [16] English borrowed abyss from late Latin abyssus, which in turn derived from Greek áb...

915
acaciaacacia: [16] Acacia comes via Latin from Greek akakía, a word for the shittah. This is a tree...