We would also like to congratulate Steve Martin for being our top scorer in this term's Inter Disciplinary Roundtables. Nice! Steve rose to the top with some keen literary insights about such authors as J.R.R. Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson and Jules Verne. In the spirit of Steve's effin' verbose contributions to IDR here is some information about the word Congratulations.
con·grat·u·la·tion
[kuhn-grach-uh-ley-shuhn or, often, -graj-, kuhng-] Show IPA
noun
interjection
3.
congratulations, (used to express joy in the success or good fortune of another): Congratulations! You have just won the lottery!
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Congratulation
has a plethora of syllables.
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| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin congrātulātiōn- (stem of congrātulātiō ), equivalent to congrātulāt ( us ) ( see congratulate) + -iōn- -ion
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin congrātulātiōn- (stem of congrātulātiō ), equivalent to congrātulāt ( us ) ( see congratulate) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
con·grat·u·la·tion·al, adjective
pre·con·grat·u·la·tion, noun
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Example Sentences
- Each volume of this great enterprise that issues from the press is a subject for congratulation.
- Behind closed doors, however, there was less congratulation than recrimination.
- Many letters of congratulation await her at her cottage from people whom she has befriended at one time or another.
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World English Dictionary
| congratulate (kənˈɡrætjʊˌleɪt) | |
| — vb | |
| 1. | ( usually foll by on ) to communicate pleasure, approval, or praise to (a person or persons); compliment |
| 2. | ( often foll by on ) to consider (oneself) clever or fortunate (as a result of): she congratulated herself on her tact |
| 3. | obsolete to greet |
| [C16: from Latin congrātulārī, from grātulārī to rejoice, from grātus pleasing] | |
| congratu'lation | |
| — n | |
| con'gratulator | |
| — n | |
| con'gratulatory | |
| — adj | |
| con'gratulative | |
| — adj | |
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Word Origin & History
congratulation
mid-15c., from L. congratulationem, noun of action from congratulari "wish joy," from com- "together, with" + gratulari "give thanks, show joy," from gratus "agreeable" (see grace).
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