Mo•bile (mō′bəl for adj; mō′bēl′ for noun) [me mobyll < l mobilis, to move; 1480–90] 1 adj. easy to move; movable: several mobile homes were damaged by the strong winds. 2 n. a decoration made from pieces of metal, paper, etc., suspended on threads or wires and balanced to move in a slight breeze

why are two different parts of speech listed for this entry?

a.
one definition of the word comes from middle english (me) and a different definition comes from latin (l).

b.
there are two definitions listed under the entry, so each definition has its own part of speech.

c.
one form of the word means “easy to move” and the other form means “movable.”

d.
although both definitions come from the idea of movement, the word has two distinctly different uses.

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning