by neufer » Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:20 pm
Ann wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2019 6:38 am
APOD Robot wrote:
Tomorrow, November 29, the crescent Moon will also help you spot planet Saturn for desert.
Surely you don't mean "desert" as in, say, Sahara?
Surely you mean dessert, like in a big slice of cake or an ice cream sundae?
- It may all depend on how "whetted your appetite" is.
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=desert wrote:
desert (n.2) c. 1300, "fact of deserving a certain treatment (for good or ill) for one's behavior," from Old French deserte "merit, recompense," noun use of past participle of deservir "be worthy to have," ultimately from Latin deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" (see de-) + servire "to serve". Meaning "suitable reward or punishment, what one deserves" (now usually plural and with just), is from late 14c.
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dessert (n.) "a service of fruits and sweets at the close of a meal," c. 1600, from Middle French dessert (mid-16c.) "last course," literally "removal of what has been served," from desservir "clear the table," literally "un-serve," from des- "remove, undo" + Old French servir "to serve".
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desert (n.1) "wasteland, wilderness, barren area," wooded or not, c. 1200, from Old French desert (12c.) "desert, wilderness, wasteland; destruction, ruin" and directly from Late Latin desertum (source of Italian diserto, Old Provençal dezert, Spanish desierto), literally "thing abandoned" (used in Vulgate to translate "wilderness"), noun use of neuter past participle of Latin deserere "forsake".
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[quote=APOD Robot]
Tomorrow, November 29, the crescent Moon will also help you spot planet [b][size=120][color=#FFBF00]Saturn for desert[/color][/size][/b].[/quote]
Surely you don't mean "desert" as in, say, Sahara?
Surely you mean dessert, like in a big slice of cake or an ice cream sundae? [/quote]
[list]It may all depend on how "[b][i][color=#0000FF]whetted your appetite[/color][/i][/b]" is.[/list]
[quote=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=desert]
desert (n.2) c. 1300, "fact of deserving a certain treatment (for good or ill) for one's behavior," from Old French deserte "merit, recompense," noun use of past participle of deservir "be worthy to have," ultimately from Latin deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" (see de-) + servire "to serve". Meaning "suitable reward or punishment, what one deserves" (now usually plural and with just), is from late 14c.
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dessert (n.) "a service of fruits and sweets at the close of a meal," c. 1600, from Middle French dessert (mid-16c.) "last course," literally "removal of what has been served," from desservir "clear the table," literally "un-serve," from des- "remove, undo" + Old French servir "to serve".
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desert (n.1) "wasteland, wilderness, barren area," wooded or not, c. 1200, from Old French desert (12c.) "desert, wilderness, wasteland; destruction, ruin" and directly from Late Latin desertum (source of Italian diserto, Old Provençal dezert, Spanish desierto), literally "thing abandoned" (used in Vulgate to translate "wilderness"), noun use of neuter past participle of Latin deserere "forsake".[/quote]