apricity = Sonnenwärme
“As he stood in the sunshine, APRICITY began to cover him like a wool sweater.”
Ryan Patrick Sullivan - Mrs O’Leary’s Cow
apricity
noun
- the warmth of the sun in winter
The Oxford English Dictionary
—
ORIGIN
A strange and lovely word from Latin apricari (to bask in the sun). First documented by Henry Cockeram in 1623 in his “The English Dictionary - an interpreter of hard English words.”
—
SUNNY IDIOMS
- Sunny-side up = Spiegeleier
- The Sun Belt = Region der USA zwischen Florida und Südkalifornien
- Make hay while the sun shines = das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist
- Promise everything under the sun = das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen
- Talk about everything under the sun = über Gott und die Welt reden
- Never let the sun go down on your anger = nicht ins Bett zu gehen, wenn Sie noch wütend auf eine andere Person sind
- Rise and shine! = Raus aus den Federn!
—
HERZLICHEN DANK to all readers helping me keep OWAD alive with single or monthly donations at:
https://donorbox.org/please-become-a-friend-of-owad-3
Paul Smith