PURITY SYNONYM TRIAL
Unfortunately, the outcome of this particular trial was often bleak no matter what. If they sunk, however, they were innocent. If they floated, so the belief went, the person was guilty as they had clearly rejected the purity of the baptismal water through their sins. This involved casting a suspect into water to see if they would float or sink. In the medieval period, the water ordeal was used to judge whether a person was innocent or guilty. Today we may say this in reference to either failing or succeeding by one’s efforts, but this phrase may have more sinister roots. This was to make them distinct from any other events that were marked in black. A red-letter dayĭuring the 15th century, feast days and saint’s days were marked in red on the old ecclesiastical calendars. Throwing down one’s glove was still a way to challenge an individual to a dual in Europe and the US as late as the 18 th century. Over the centuries, heavy gauntlets became less fashionable, and so any glove became a symbol for this act. Once the challenge had been issued, the opponent was expected to “pick up the gauntlet” to accept it. The word gauntlet, from the French “ gantelet”, refers to the armored gloves worn by medieval knights. The phrase itself comes from the age of chivalry and literally described the act of one knight issuing a formal challenge against another to defend their honor. Today we may “throw down the gauntlet” to challenge or confront someone. It then changed to "curry favor" in the 16 th century. Due to the story’s popularity, the phrase started to be used in reference to people who used flattery to "curry favel". It is thought to originate with a popular French romance from the 14 th century, Le Roman de Favuel, where a horse that represents hypocrisy and deceit is gently combed down to gain its trust. The phrase comes from the Middle English words “curry favel”, which meant to “rub down or groom a chestnut horse”. We may try to ingratiate ourselves to someone through particularly obsequious behavior, which would mean we are “currying favor”. Later, in the 20 th century, the word “grain” was often substituted for “pinch”, which is most often used today. The modern use of the phrase first appears in the 17 th century and was likely introduced by scholars reading ancient texts. In his Naturalis Historia, written in 77 CE, Pliny described adding “a grain of salt” to a specific mixture as a “proof against all poisons”. Originally, people in antiquity believed that adding a small amounts of salt to food would make it easier to swallow, but the phrase as implying caution has been linked to Pliny the Elder who described a recipe for a panacea against poison. Today, we may say "take with a pinch of salt" when we are cautioning someone about the supposed validity of a particular statement or claim. Technically this one is a little more recent than the medieval period, but it is still worth mentioning. The "apple of the eye" was therefore used as a term of endearment to refer to a much-loved person or thing. Given the pupil’s important role in our vision, it was this part that was most precious. The idea is actually recorded in the Bible and is mentioned throughout the Old Testament in relation to God’s love. In early medieval England, one’s pupil – the aperture at the center of the eye – was erroneously thought to be a solid, spherical object that resembled an apple. The word "tilt" first appears in use in the early 1500s and "full tilt" appears latter in the early 1600s. "Full tilt" therefore referred to the point where the horses were charging at high speed towards one another. So, it made sense that tilting was an early name for jousting – the word is famously remembered in reference to Don Quixote “ tilting at windmills”, a phrase itself that became synonymous with fighting imaginary enemies. " Tealt" or " tylte", as it was spelt in Old English, meant to totter or to unsteady something. The phrase actually comes from an old synonym for jousting, when two knights charged at one another on horseback with long poles used to knock their opponent out of the saddle.
PURITY SYNONYM FULL
We may use this phrase today to emphasize doing something at full speed or to the maximum degree.
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