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| noun: a neurological condition in which a person with a disability is unaware of the disability's existence; from Wikipedia, "a condition in which a person who suffers disability seems unaware of or denies the existence of his or her disability. This may include unawareness of quite dramatic impairments, such as blindness or paralysis. It was first named by neurologist Joseph Babinski in 1914,[1] although relatively little has been discovered about the cause of the condition since its initial identification. The word comes from the Greek words "nosos" disease and "gnosis" knowledge (an- / a- is a negative prefix). |
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| adjective: Relating to or caused by the wind. ETYMOLOGY: After Aeolus, god of the winds in Greek mythology. As keeper of the winds, he gave a bag containing winds to help with Odysseus's sailing. USAGE: "It would not be surprising if a few features -- even very large ones -- were sculpted by aeolian processes into the pyramidal forms we see." Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark; Random House; 1995. (wordsmith.org) |
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| noun: A situation demonstrating the impracticality of decision-making using pure reason, especially a situation involving two equal choices. ETYMOLOGY: Named after French philosopher Jean Buridan (1300-1358). NOTES: Imagine a hungry donkey standing equidistant from two identical piles of hay. The donkey tries to decide which pile he should eat first and finding no reason to choose one over another, starves to death. This paradox didn't originate with Buridan -- it's been found back in Aristotle's time. A hungry and thirsty man cannot decide whether to slake his thirst first or his hunger, and dies. Buridan, in his commentaries on Aristotle, chose a dog, but his critics, in their parody of Buridan, turned it into an ass. So Buridan's ass was named after a person who neither proposed the paradox nor picked that animal to discuss it. Buridan studied under William of Ockham (of Ockham's razor fame). USAGE: "Unless we felt strongly enough to exert ourselves in one direction rather than another, we would do nothing, but would suffer the fate of Buridan's ass." A.C. Grayling; Though Euphoria Will Fade, Hope Springs Eternal; The Canberra Times (Australia); Nov 12, 2008. (wordsmith.org) |
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| noun: An uncontrollable or obsessive use of obscene language. (wordsmith.org) ETYMOLOGY: From Greek copro- (dung) + -lalia (chatter, babbling), from lalein (to talk). A related word is coprolite. NOTES: Involuntary coprolalia is found in approximately 15% of the people who suffer from Tourette's syndrome. It has even been observed in deaf people who use sign language -- they swear in sign language. USAGE: "That the brain's executive overseer is ablaze in an outburst of coprolalia, Dr. Silbersweig said, demonstrates how complex an act the urge to speak the unspeakable may be." Natalie Angier; Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore; The New York Times; Sep 20, 2005. |
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| noun: a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources; an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc., taken from different sources; hodgepodge. (dictionary.com) |
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| noun: most generally, one text written on a piece of vellum (sheepskin) from which an earlier text has been scraped to make room for it; hence, the Latin "palimpsest," meaning literally, "I scrape." |
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| noun: any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed; epigrammatic expression: Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram; a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought. (dictionary.com) |
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| noun: any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed; epigrammatic expression: Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram; a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought. (wordsmith.org) |
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| noun: A narrowing of a passage, vessel, or an opening in the body. (wordsmith.org) |
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noun: An expression of praise, joy, or triumph, traditionally in the form of a song.
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| noun: Contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance. (wordsmith.org) |
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| noun: Contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance. (wordsmith.org) |
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| adj: Anything which is excessively fine, such as exceedingly good and plentiful food; rich clothing or interior decoration |
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| Greek singular and plural for hero |
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| noun: hour as in the appointed time (as in fate) for something to occur; having to do with the appropriate season or time for something to occur |
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| noun: Greek goddess of the seasons (derived from horus) |
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adjective: Emphasizing usefulness and practicality over other considerations such as beauty. Of or relating to utilitarianism: the doctrine that something's value is measured by its usefulness, especially as expressed by greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
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| adjective: Plump; fat. Round in shape. Having a full-toned, resonant sound. |
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| adjective: Relating to the stars. Measured with reference to the apparent motion of the stars. For example, sidereal time. |
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| noun: style or distinction having to do with personality; relational idiosyncracies that are thought to be "cool" |
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| noun: A ruling on a point of law given by an Islamic religious leader; A severe denunciation. |
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a. Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit;
b. any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein;
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| noun: the absence of pleasure; the absence of any ability to feel pleasure |
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| noun : A yellow or buff color. .A sturdy yellow or buff cotton fabric.(nankeens). Trousers made of this cloth. A Chinese porcelain having blue designs on a white background. |
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