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cakeage

[ key-kij ] [ ˈkeɪ kɪdʒ ] Show IPA Phonetic Respelling

noun

a fee charged by a restaurant for serving a cake brought in from outside.

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Cakeage is modeled on corkage, which is a fee charged when patrons bring their own wine or liquor to a restaurant. Cake ultimately comes from Old Norse kaka, which makes cakeage a distant relative of the Words of the Day krumkake and lebkuchen. Cakeage is one of the recent additions to Dictionary.com.

EXAMPLE OF CAKEAGE USED IN A SENTENCE

The server levied a $10 fee for cakeage when the dinner party host revealed their own platter of jelly rolls.

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somatopsychic

[ suh-mat-uh-sahy-kik ] [ səˌmæt əˈsaɪ kɪk ] Show IPA Phonetic Respelling

adjective

of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.

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Somatopsychic consists of the combining form somato-, which comes from Ancient Greek sôma, “body,” and the adjective psychic, which ultimately comes from Ancient Greek psȳ́chein, “to breathe, blow” and, by extension, “to live.” The same root, psȳ́chein, is also the source of Word of the Day psychotronic. Somatopsychic was first recorded in English at the turn of the 20th century.

EXAMPLE OF SOMATOPSYCHIC USED IN A SENTENCE

The chronic pain in the man’s leg had a somatopsychic effect, causing him constant anxiety and stress even when he was at rest.

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consanguineous

[ kon-sang-gwin-ee-uhs ] [ ˌkɒn sæŋˈgwɪn i əs ] Show IPA Phonetic Respelling

adjective

having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.

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Consanguineous comes from Latin con-, “together, with,” and sanguis, “blood.” Some linguists have connected sanguis to the rather unsavory Latin noun saniēs, “ichor, discharged fluid.” Sanguis is also the source of the Words of the Day sanguine and sanguivorous. William Shakespeare introduced consanguineous into English in his play Twelfth Night, written in 1602.

EXAMPLE OF CONSANGUINEOUS USED IN A SENTENCE

Though they called themselves blood brothers, the friends were in fact distant, albeit consanguineous, cousins.

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