Frank Wilczek

Jovan Stosic August 7, 2018

Frank Anthony Wilczek (/ˈwɪltʃək/; born May 15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and a Nobel laureate. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Distinguished Origins Professor at Arizona State University (ASU) and full Professor at Stockholm University.
Wilczek, along with David Gross and H. David Politzer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wilczek

flamboyant

Jovan Stosic August 6, 2018

Pronunciation: -ənt
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from present participle of flamboyer to flame, from Old French, from flambe
Date: 1832

1 often capitalized : characterized by waving curves suggesting flames
2 : marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
–flam·boy·ant·ly adverb
2flamboyant
Function: noun
Date: 1879


: ROYAL POINCIANA
royal poinciana
Function: noun
Date: circa 1900

: a showy Madagascan tree (Delonix regia syn. Poinciana regia) widely planted for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers ― called also flamboyant peacock flower
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
flamboyant
flam’bɔɪənt
■ adjective
conspicuously and confidently exuberant.
brightly coloured and showy.
of or denoting a style of French Gothic architecture marked by wavy flame-like tracery and ornate decoration.
■ noun a Madagascan tree with bright red flowers, planted as a street tree in the tropics. [Delonix regia.]

flamboyance noun
flamboyancy noun
flamboyantly adverb

C19: from Fr., lit. ‘flaming, blazing’, pres. participle of flamboyer, from flambe ‘a flame’.
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Flamboyant
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flabbergast

Jovan Stosic August 6, 2018

flab·ber·gast
Pronunciation: ‘fla-bər-ˌgast
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1772

: to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder : DUMBFOUND
synonyms see SURPRISE
–flab·ber·gast·ing·ly \-ˌgas-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
flabbergasted
adjective informal surprise greatly.
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flabbergast
‘flabəgα:st
■ verb [usu. as adjective flabbergasted] informal surprise greatly.

C18: of unknown origin.