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tergiversate
tergiversate, v. (ˈtɜːdʒɪvəseɪt, -ˌvɜːseɪt) [f. L. tergiversāt-, ppl. stem. of tergiversārī to turn one's back, shuffle, practise evasion, f. terg-um the back + vers-, ppl. stem of vertĕre to turn (cf. versārī to move about).] 1. intr. To practise tergiversation; to desert one's party, turn renegade...
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tergiversator
tergiversator (ˌtɜːdʒɪvəˈseɪtə(r)) [agent-n. f. tergiversate: see -or; cf. late L. tergiversātor boggler, laggard.] One who tergiversates; a renegade; a shuffler.1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 225 The same learned Arian Tergiversator. 1829 Southey Lett. (1856) IV. 129 [To] deliver King and country ...
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Dictionary.com's words of the year have been:
2010: change
2011: tergiversate
2012: bluster
2013: privacy
2014: exposure
2015: identity
2016: xenophobia
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tergiverse
▪ I. tergiverse, a. rare. (ˈtɜːdʒɪvɜːs) [f. L. tergum back + versus turned, pa. pple. of vertĕre to turn.] That has turned his back or practised tergiversation; renegade; shifty.1852 Roebuck Hist. Whig Min. of 1830 I. 290 note The tergiverse administration discovered, when too late, that they had br...
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However, the hard g words were found to be significantly more common in everyday English; comparatively obscure words like flibbertigibbet and tergiversate
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Word of the year
The following is the list of annual words since beginning with the first in 2010:
2010: Change
2011: Tergiversate
2012: Bluster
2013: Privacy
2014
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该网站到目前为止的年度词汇分别是:Change (2010)、Tergiversate(2011)、Bluster(2012)、Privacy(2013)、Exposure(2014)、Identity(2015)、Xenophobia(2016)、Complicit(2017)、Misinformation
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