Words That Once Were Names. Part III.

Praline

Jacuzzi (a large whirlpool bathtub with underwater jets): Roy Jacuzzi and Candido Jacuzzi (1903-1986), American inventors.

July (seventh month of the year): Gaius Julius Caesar (c. 101 - 44 B. C.).

Leotard (skin-tight one-piece garment): Jules Léotard (1839-70), French acrobat.

Lynch (kill without legal sanction): Capt. William Lynch (1742-1820), plantation owner in Virginia.

Mackintosh (waterproof raincoat): Charles Macintosh (1766-1843), inventor of the waterproofing process.

Mansard (a decorative steep-sloped roof): François Mansart (1598-1666), French architect.
Mausoleum (an above-ground tomb): Mausolus, 4th century B. C. king of Caria, Asia Minor.

Maverick (unbranded animal; someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action): Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), Texas cattle owner.

Mesmerize (attract strongly): Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), Austrian physician.

Morse code (a communications system): Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor.

Nicotine (an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco): Jean Nicot (c. 1530 - 1600), French ambassador to Portugal.

Pasteurize (to sterilize milk by heating): Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist.

Praline (a confection containing nuts and syrup): César de Choiseul, Count Plessis-Praslin (1598-1675), French soldier and diplomat.

Rastafarian (an adherent of Rastafarianism, a religious movement): Ras Tafari, precoronation name of Haile Selassie (1892-1975), Emperor of Ethiopia.

Ritzy (luxuriously elegant): César Ritz (1850-1918), Swiss hotelier.

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