Meaning: This noun refers to a person who has succeeded in business or industry and has become very rich and powerful.
Origin: In use since the 19th Century, it is a title given by foreigners to the shogun of Japan. Shogun was the hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Tycoon has its origins in the Japanese word taikun, meaning “great lord or prince”.
Example: The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Meaning: This noun refers to a small wheel to support heavy weights.
Origin: The word in use since the 16th Century is assumed to have been derived from the Middle English words trendle to refer to “wheel, suspended hoop”, which, in turn, is from the Old English word trendel, meaning “ring, disk”. It is also perhaps derived partly from the Old French word trondeler, meaning “to roll down, fall down”.
Usage: I simply loved the low-level trundle bed on the e-commerce site.
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Meaning: The word scarce is used to denote that something is insufficient for the demand and is used especially for food, money and other such resources.
Origin: The word, which has been around since 1300, is derived from Old French scars meaning “scanty”, which according to the Oxford English Dictionary is from Vulgar Latin In the past two centuries, the usage of the word has been decreasing and it is currently at its lowest in this period.
Usage: With jobs so scarce in the market, many young graduates are finding it hard to get their careers started.
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Meaning: The word anguish can be used both as a noun and as a verb. While the noun form of the word can be used to mean mental or physical pain or suffering, the verb form denotes being extremely distressed about something.
Origin: The noun form of the word has been in use from around 1200. It is derived from Old French anguisse, angoisse meaning “choking sensation, distress, anxiety which is from Latin angustia for “tightness, narrowness”. The verb form, meanwhile, has been around since the mid 14th Century. Even though the word has been around for centuries, its usage saw a steady decline from 1800 till around the 1950s. While its usage was steady from then till about the turn of the century, it has again seen an increase in usage since then.
Usage: The COVID-19 pandemic has left several families in anguish worldwide.
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Meaning: This adjective means not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood.
Origin: This word is derived from the Latin adjective ‘inscrutabilis’ which can be traced back to the verb scrutari, meaning “to search or examine”. This word was first used in the English language in 15th Century.
Usage: He stood silent and inscrutable.
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Meaning: This noun refers to a strong, coarse, loosely woven material made from jute or hemp for bagging and sacking.
Origin: In use since the early 18th Century, gunny has its origin in the Sanskrit word “goni”, meaning sack.
Usage: These gunny bags are huge and sturdy.
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