Patina

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30 mentions 4 recordings first heard Jun 2026 last heard 11 Sep ↑30 vs the 12 months before

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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · patina · 1:48 · 11 Sep
…The related verb patinate means to give a patina to.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · patina · 1:37 · 11 Sep
…Use of the word to refer to thin layers both literal and figurative, as in a patina of grime or a patina of respectability followed soon after.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · patina · 1:18 · 11 Sep
…By the mid eighteenth century, English speakers were also calling the green film patina, and by the twentieth century they'd expanded the word's application to surface appearances of things that have grown more beautiful with age or use.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · patina · 1:08 · 11 Sep
…in which patina means a shallow dish, presumably the Italian……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · patina · 0:58 · 11 Sep
…When Italians applied the word patina to the green film……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · patina · 0:44 · 11 Sep
…Family friends and neighbors filled the frames with dancing and……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · patina · 0:29 · 11 Sep
…The word patina can also refer to a shiny or……
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