Abat-jour (noun)
ah-bat-zhur
A device, as a skylight or reflector, for diverting light into a building.
Abat-jour is from French, in which abat is a form of abattre, “to beat down,” ultimately from Latin battuere, “to beat.” Battuere is the source of numerous fighting-related words in English, including battle and debate, and French jour, “day, daylight,”
Example sentences
“A square of light on the floor, created by the abat-jour on the ceiling.”
Mackle (verb) mak-ul to blur, as from a double impression in printing First used in 1585–95. A variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule (from the Latin macula, “spot, blemish”).…
Slapdash (adverb) slap-dash in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner C17: from slap + dash (more…)