20091015Word of the Day

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pukka

\PUHK-uh\ , adjective:
1.Authentic; genuine.
2.Superior; first-class.
形容词 a. 【印英】
1.真正的;一流的
2.坚固的

Quotes:
He talks like the quintessential pukka Englishman and quotes Chesterton and Kipling by the yard and yet he has chosen to live most of his adult life abroad.
~Lynn Barber, "Bell book . . . and then what?", The Observer, August 27, 2000
If he does not have a house, the government gives him a pukka residence, not a . . . shack on the pavement but a solid construction.
~Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Origin:
Pukka comes from Hindi pakka, "cooked, ripe," from Sanskrit pakva-, from pacati, "he cooks."