gut

de-adj

gut (strong nominative masculine singular guter, comparative besser, superlative am besten)

guter (masculine nominative singular strong)
besser (comparative)
am besten (superlative)
gut (masculine predicative singular)
gut (feminine predicative singular)
gut (neuter predicative singular)
gut (plural predicative)
guter (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
gute (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
gutes (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
gute (nominative plural strong without-article)
guten (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
guter (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
guten (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
guter (genitive plural strong without-article)
gutem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
guter (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
gutem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
guten (dative plural strong without-article)
guten (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
gute (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
gutes (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
gute (accusative plural strong without-article)
der gute (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die gute (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das gute (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die guten (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des guten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der guten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des guten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der guten (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem guten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der guten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem guten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den guten (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den guten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die gute (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das gute (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die guten (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein guter (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine gute (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein gutes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
guten (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine guten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines guten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer guten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines guten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
guten (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner guten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem guten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer guten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem guten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
guten (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen guten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen guten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine gute (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein gutes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
guten (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine guten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
besser (comparative masculine predicative singular)
besser (comparative feminine predicative singular)
besser (comparative neuter predicative singular)
besser (comparative plural predicative)
besserer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
bessere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
besseres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
bessere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
besseren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
besserer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
besseren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
besserer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
besserem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
besserer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
besserem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
besseren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
besseren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
bessere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
besseres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
bessere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der bessere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die bessere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das bessere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die besseren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des besseren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der besseren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des besseren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der besseren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem besseren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der besseren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem besseren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den besseren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den besseren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die bessere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das bessere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die besseren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein besserer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine bessere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein besseres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
besseren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine besseren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines besseren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer besseren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines besseren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
besseren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner besseren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem besseren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer besseren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem besseren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
besseren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen besseren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen besseren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine bessere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein besseres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
besseren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine besseren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am besten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am besten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am besten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am besten (plural predicative superlative)
bester (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
beste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
bestes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
beste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
besten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
bester (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
besten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
bester (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
bestem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
bester (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
bestem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
besten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
besten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
beste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
bestes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
beste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der beste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die beste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das beste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die besten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des besten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der besten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des besten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der besten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem besten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der besten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem besten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den besten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den besten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die beste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das beste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die besten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein bester (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine beste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein bestes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
besten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine besten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines besten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer besten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines besten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
besten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner besten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem besten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer besten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem besten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
besten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen besten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen besten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine beste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein bestes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
besten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine besten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

Inherited from Middle High German guot, from Old High German guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”).
Cognates
Cognate to Luxembourgish gutt, Silesian East Central German gutt, Dutch goed, West Frisian goed, Saterland Frisian goud, English good, Danish god, Norwegian god and Swedish god.

der

Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen.

good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral)


eternal

en-adj

eternal (comparative more eternal, superlative most eternal)

more eternal (comparative)
most eternal (superlative)

From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe.

hope springs eternal in the human breast

(philosophy) Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly.


slash

Originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Possibly from French esclachier (“to break”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.

Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names).

2013, Katherine Arcement, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 5:

(fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.


slash

en-verb

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)

slashes (present singular third-person)
slashing (participle present)
slashed (participle past)
slashed (past)

Having read slash for other fandoms (mainly X-Files and Sentinel), I can say the whole gay issue gets dealt with more often in that slash than it does in Trek slash. That's not to say that all the slashers who slash in a "modern-era" show deal with AIDS, homophobia and other gay issues, but some of them do.

1997 December 17, ASCEM, quoting Ruth Gifford, “Re: An Interesting Question, re Slash vs. Gay Fiction”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

(intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.


libertarian

/ˌlɪb.əˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/

Foundation for Economic Education
Joseph Déjacque
Leonard Read
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
William Belsham
lois scélérates

The noun is derived from liber(ty) + -arian (suffix denoting an advocate of or believer in something). The adjective is derived from the noun.
sense development
The word was first attested in English in 1789 in William Belsham’s Essays: see the quotation. This was contrasted with necessitarian, in the context of free will, and was not used in the more frequently encountered modern sense.
Compare French libertaire (“person with extreme left-wing beliefs, anarchist”), from liberté (“freedom”) + -aire (suffix forming nouns). Libertaire is derived from Latin libertas. The French word was first attested in a May 1857 letter by the French anarcho-communist Joseph Déjacque (1821–1865) to the anarchist philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), reading: “Anarchiste juste-milieu, libéral et non LIBERTAIRE [A centrist anarchist, liberal and not LIBERTARIAN] […]”. It was popularized as a euphemism for anarchiste in the 1890s, following the French lois scélérates (literally “villainous laws”) under which anarchist publications were banned.
Sense 3.2 (“believer in right-libertarianism”) developed in the United States in the 1940s and was popularized in the 1950s. In the 1940s, Leonard Read (1898–1983), the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, a free-market think tank, began calling himself “libertarian” in contrast with a “classical liberal”. In 1955, Dean Russell also promoted the use of the word, writing: “Let those of us who love liberty trade-mark and reserve for our own use the good and honorable word ‘libertarian’.”

cog

[W]here is the difference betvveen the Libertarian, vvho ſays that the mind chuſes the motive; and the Neceſſarian, vvho aſſerts that the motive determines the mind; if the volition be the neceſſary reſult of all the previous circumſtances?

1789, [William Belsham], “Essay I. On Liberty and Necessity.”, in Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary, London: […] C[harles] Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 11:

(philosophy) A believer in the freedom of thinking beings to choose their own destiny (the doctrine of free will) as opposed to those who believe the future is predetermined (the doctrine of necessity).


libertarian

en-adj

libertarian (comparative more libertarian, superlative most libertarian)

more libertarian (comparative)
most libertarian (superlative)

/ˌlɪb.əˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/

(philosophy) Relating to the doctrine of free will as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

libertarianistinen

relating to the doctrine of free will as opposed to the doctrine of necessity


epistemology

en-noun

epistemology (countable and uncountable, plural epistemologies)

/ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

/əˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

/ɪˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/

/əˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/

/ɛˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “science, knowledge”), from ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai, “I know”) + -λογία (-logía, “study or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, language”). The term was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808-1864).

uder

Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.

[P]hilosophers of the time [early 20th century] were primarily concerned with epistemology and the foundations of the sciences; they often spoke as if we were separated from the real world by a screen of "representations" or "sense-data"; they tended to regard our approach to the world as one of disinterested observation.

2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: The philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler’s philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review section), London, page R10:

(uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.


teleology

en-noun

teleology (countable and uncountable, plural teleologies)

From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “purpose”), genitive τέλεος (téleos), and λόγος (lógos, “word, speech, discourse”).

The received intellectual tradition has it that, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, revolutionary philosophers began to curtail and reject the teleology of the medieval and scholastic Aristotelians, abandoning final causes in favor of a purely mechanistic model of the Universe.

2008, Monte Ransom Johnson, Aristotle on Teleology:

(philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.


doom

English: doom

Middle Scots: dome, dume

Inherited from Old English dōm, from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.


closed

open

antonym(s) of “also phonetics (of vowels, syllables)”

(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.


friendly

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”).

This match is merely a friendly, so don't worry too much about it.

Brazil provided a different test from Germany and gave England lessons Southgate will store before he gets his squad together again for friendlies against the Netherlands in Amsterdam and at home to Italy in March.

2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News:

(sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting, etc.


universalism

universalism (countable and uncountable, plural universalisms)

/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəlˌɪzəm/

(theology) The belief that all souls can attain salvation.

ουνιβερσαλισμός

the belief that all souls can attain salvation


function

From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).

دَالَّة

mathematics: a relation between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs

A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.

фу́нкция

(mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.

(computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.

وَظِيفَة

computing: routine that returns a result

(biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.

фу́нкцыя

biology: physiological activity of an organ or body part

(chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.

фу́нкцыя

chemistry: characteristic behavior of a chemical compound


regret

en-noun

regret (countable and uncountable, plural regrets)

From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- + greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet.

der

Under squared errorloss we show that there exists unique minimax regret solution for the problem of selecting the threshold.

2002, Bernd Droge, On the Minimax Regret Estimation of a Restricted Normal Mean, and Implications:

Each loss then represents this unavoidable loss plus a regret (loss due to ignorance of Ө). Subtracting these unavoidable losses, we obtain the regret table, Table 1.7, and the average regret table, Table 1.8.

2012, Herman Chernoff, Lincoln E. Moses, Elementary Decision Theory, page 12:

(decision theory) The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.


attribute

From Latin attributus past participle of attribuere.

(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.

attribuutti

logic: that which is predicated or affirmed of a subject


genetic

/d͡ʒəˈnɛtɪk/

/d͡ʒɪˈnɛtɪk/

Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or genesis + -etic.

Guy Stroumsa (2011) proposes the use of the alternative term Abrahamic religions, emphasizing the genetic relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their branches, for which the idea of monotheism is not always central.

2016 September 15, Koji Yamashiro, edited by Yochai Ataria, David Gurevitz, Haviva Pedaya, and Yuval Neria, Trauma and Monotheism: Sugmund Freud’s Moses and Monotheism and the Possibility of Writing a Traumatic History of Religion, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, →DOI, →ISBN, page 251:

(theology) Based on a shared membership in a religious family.


degree

From Middle English degre, borrowed from Old French degré (French: degré), itself from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 26. Degree

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 31. Greatness

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 32. Smallness

(logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula.


Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist (nominative singular)
Zeitgeisty (nominative plural)
Zeitgeistu (genitive singular)
Zeitgeistów (genitive plural)
Zeitgeistowi (dative singular)
Zeitgeistom (dative plural)
Zeitgeist (accusative singular)
Zeitgeisty (accusative plural)
Zeitgeistem (instrumental singular)
Zeitgeistami (instrumental plural)
Zeitgeiście (locative singular)
Zeitgeistach (locative plural)
Zeitgeiście (singular vocative)
Zeitgeisty (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from German Zeitgeist.


thánh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聖.
The informal adjectival sense "naive, credulous, gullible" and nominal sense "idiot, moron, simpleton" likely semantically develop from senses "saintly" and "saint" respectively, thus paralleling silly and crétin each in that order; see those entries for etymologies and semantic developments.

c. 11th - 7th century BCE, Classic of Poetry, free 2003 translation by Tạ Quang Phát
Họ nói ta tài cao thánh sống,
Thì quạ kia trống mái ai tường?
They said: "I am a highly talented living sage",

Yet who [among them] knows a male crow from a female?

Analects, 7.34; 1861 English translation by James Legge; 1972 translation by Nguyễn Hiến Lê
Khổng tử nói: “Làm được bực thánh với nhân thì ta đâu dám. Bất quá ta học làm (thánh, nhân) mà không chán, dạy người mà không mệt, chỉ có thể gọi được như vậy mà thôi”. Công Tây Hoa thưa: “Đó chính là điều chúng con không học được.”

The Master said, "The sage and the man of perfect virtue - how dare I rank myself with them? That I strive to become such without satiety, and teach others without weariness - this much can be said of me." Gong Xi Hua said, "This is just what we, the disciples, cannot imitate you in."

16th century, Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, Ch. 3; 1982-1988 Vietnamese translation by Như Sơn, Mai Xuân Hải, & Phương Oanh; 2012 English translation by Anthony C. Yu
Ta là Tôn Ngộ Không, vị thánh trời sinh ra ở núi Hoa Quả, là láng giềng của Long vương nhà ngươi, nhà ngươi không biết à?

I am the Heaven-born sage Sun Wukong of the Flower-Fruit Mountain, a near neighbor of your old Dragon King. How is it that you don't recognize me?


operation

en-noun

operation (countable and uncountable, plural operations)

→ Japanese: オペレーション (operēshon)

→ Scottish Gaelic: opairèisean

/ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

/ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

From Middle French operation, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“I work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate + -ion.

عَمَلِيَّة

The number of operands associated with an operation is called its arity; an operation of arity 2 is called a binary operation.

Operation (mathematics)
w:Operation (mathematics)

(computing, logic, mathematics) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands)

(mathematics, more formally) a function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.


nihil

nihil (countable and uncountable, plural nihils)

I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth:
They have dissolved into nihil.

1996, David Tibet, “The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)” (lyrics)

All tales about the beginning are apt to eliminate the nothing and make being overall. […] Without Nihil the whirlpool of the beginning settles down and becomes a stagnant puddle of pure being. Nihil disappears.

2008, Arvydas Šliogeris, Names of Nihil, page 13:

That is, in the sovereign act of creation, whereby YHWH orders chaos, YHWH provisionally defeated the power of the Nihil but did not destroy or eliminate the threat of chaos.

2009, Walter Brueggemann, An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible, page 143:

(uncountable, chiefly philosophy) nothingness, nonbeing


discharge

en-verb

discharge (third-person singular simple present discharges, present participle discharging, simple past and past participle discharged)

discharges (present singular third-person)
discharging (participle present)
discharged (participle past)
discharged (past)

/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/

/ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ/

/dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/

/ˈdɪstʃɑɹdʒ/

-ɪstʃɑː(ɹ)dʒ

From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.

(logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.


probity

en-noun

probity (countable and uncountable, plural probities)

From Middle French probité, from Latin probitās (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove.

[…] they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour […]

1748, [David Hume], Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

[W]hen the interests or reputation of their own nation come into collision with those of another, they go to the opposite extreme, and forget their usual probity and candour, in the indulgence of spleen, and an illiberal spirit of ridicule.

1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “English Writers on America”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 102:

Distilled to its essence, it is by no means clear that the ‘Cablegate’ disclosures were intended to support freedom of information, transparency, probity in government, or defence of the public interest.

2013, Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, Ramesh Thakur, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 464:

The veterans add in their letter, which was partly coordinated by the campaign group Republic: “Officers of the British armed forces must adhere to the very highest standards of probity, honesty and honourable conduct. […]

2022 January 13, Ben Quinn, “Queen strips Prince Andrew of military roles and royal patronages”, in The Guardian:

Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.


pat

From Proto-Finnic *patto. Cognates include Estonian patt.


unknown

en-adj

unknown (comparative more unknown, superlative most unknown)

more unknown (comparative)
most unknown (superlative)

From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + known.

The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:

I suspect that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people.

2022 January 12, Chris Hegg, “The secret railway in the woods”, in RAIL, number 948, page 34:

(sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.


paradise

en-noun

paradise (countable and uncountable, plural paradises)

→ Fijian: parataisi

→ Maori: pararaiia

→ Niuean: parataiso

→ Tokelauan: palataiho

From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis. Displaced Old English neorxnawang.

Not that Adam that kept the Paradise but that Adam that keeps the prison:

c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

Up into Heav’n from Paradise in hast
Th’ Angelic Guards ascended,

1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 17-18:

Government like dress is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.

1776, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Philadelphia, page 1:

If all was good and fair we met,
This earth had been the Paradise
It never look’d to human eyes
Since Adam left his garden yet.

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXIV, page 41:

I feel deadly faint, bowed, and humped, as though I were Adam, staggering beneath the piled centuries since Paradise.

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

(Abrahamic religions) A garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.


Cutest family ever. ❤ [subtitle]

2024 July 12, Mehera Bonner, “Serena Williams's Daughter Olympia Made an Adorable Appearance on the ESPYS Red Carpet!”, in Cosmopolitan:


en-verb

♥ (third-person singular simple present ♥s or ♥'s, present participle ♥ing or ♥'ing, simple past and past participle ♥ed or ♥'ed or ♥'d)

♥s (present singular third-person)
♥'s (present singular third-person)
♥ing (participle present)
♥'ing (participle present)
♥ed (participle past)
♥ed (past)
♥'ed (participle past)
♥'ed (past)
♥'d (participle past)
♥'d (past)

I♥NY ― I love New York.

I ♥ U. ― I love you.

"My karma ran over your dogma" is well regarded by these gentlemen, though the baffling "I ❤ Quisp" is more singular.

2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, “Travel”, in The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition, A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, part 4 (The Wayfaring Gentleman), page 271:

Stylistic substitution for the word love.


treff

The Moscow experts on treffs perform their duty with ponderous, often ridiculous, awkwardness. Before the atomic spy Allan Nunn May left Canada to go to London, a treff in London had to be arranged for him and another agent.

1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 495:


ship

(fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.


ship

ship (third-person singular simple present ships, present participle shipping, simple past and past participle shipped)

ships (present singular third-person)
shipping (participle present)
shipped (participle past)
shipped (past)

→ Spanish: shippear, shipear

I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.

I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.

I should warn you that I could not identify a ‘dank meme’ if the fate of the working class depended on it and that I shall not be ‘shipping’ Lenin and Trotsky.

2017, Helen Razer, Total Propaganda: Basic Marxist Brainwashing for the Angry and the Young, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:

(fandom slang, transitive) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.


ambisexual

en-adj

ambisexual (comparative more ambisexual, superlative most ambisexual)

more ambisexual (comparative)
most ambisexual (superlative)

From ambi- + -sexual; in modern senses relating to human sexuality, influenced by bisexual.

(slang) Of ambiguous sexual orientation.


economy

en-noun

economy (countable and uncountable, plural economies)

From Middle English yconomye, yconomy, borrowed via Old French [Term?] or Medieval Latin from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νέμω (némō, “distribute, allocate”). By surface analysis, eco- + -nomy. The first recorded sense of the word economy, found in a work possibly composed in 1440, is “the management of economic affairs”, in this case, of a monastery.

اِقْتِصاد

effective management of the resources of a community or system

(theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See Economy (religion).)


innuendo

en-noun

innuendo (plural innuendoes or innuendos or innuendis)

innuendoes (plural)
innuendos (plural)
innuendis (plural)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-innuendo.wav

From the Latin innuendō (“by nodding”), ablative singular form of innuendum (“a nodding”), gerund of innuō (“I give a nod”).

(logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.


affect

(psychology, philosophy) affect; emotion


Achillean

en-adj

Achillean (comparative more Achillean, superlative most Achillean)

more Achillean (comparative)
most Achillean (superlative)

/ˌækɪˈliːən/

Historically, there was indeed an Achillean, homosexual flavor of the declassé bachelorhood out of which Hitler and others formed the advance guard of National Socialism.

1980, Douglas Fowler, A Reader's Guide to Gravity's Rainbow, page 169:

Thus, he exalts as a means of republican cohesion, as the unshakeable basis of the modern nation what he calls "manly love," a sort of Achillean friendship, but at the same time it is this love, this passionate friendship that he sings.

1995, Gay Wilson Allen, Ed Folsom, Walt Whitman & the World, →ISBN, page 254:

For Theocritus Idyll 29.34 the sexual love between Achilles and Patroclus was so uncontroversial that it could be referred to in a pederastic poem by means of the shorthand "Achillean friends".

2007, Waldemar Heckel, Lawrence A. Tritle, Pat Wheatley, Alexander's Empire: Formulation to Decay, page 87:

Of or relating to sexual or romantic intimacy between men, supposedly in the style of Achilles' relationship with Patroclus.


atheism

en-noun

atheism (usually uncountable, plural atheisms)

16th century Middle French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), a loan from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless”, from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theós, “deity, god”)).
First English attestation dates to 1587 (OED).

ateïsme

lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)

(obsolete) Absence of belief in the One True God, defined by Moore as personal, immaterial and trinitarian (thus Islam, Judaism and unitarian Christianity), as opposed to monotheism.


chi

From the Mandarin 氣／气 (qì) from the Wade–Giles romanization: chʻi⁴, from Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH), from Old Chinese 氣 (OC *kʰɯds, “breath, vapor”). Compare modern Japanese 気(き) (ki), Korean 기(氣) (gi) and Vietnamese khí (氣).

Early Taoist philosophers and alchemists regarded ch'i as a vital force inhering in the breath and bodily fluids and developed techniques to alter and control the movement of ch'i within the body; their aim was to achieve physical longevity and spiritual power.

[1987, “ch'i”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, volume 3, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 186, column 3:

He took several deep breaths, finding his chi as Butler had taught him.

2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, Viking Press, page 196:

At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries.
Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.

2013 April 2, David Tanis, “Hurry Up, Spring”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-04-02, Dining & Wine:

According to traditional Chinese medicine, blood carries chi, your “life force,” which fuels all the functions of the body. When you lose blood, you lose chi, and this causes your body to go into a state of yin (cold). When yin (cold) and yang (hot) are out of balance, your body will suffer physical disorders.

2017 January 8, Leslie Hsu Oh, “I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-01-08, Health & Science:

(philosophy) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.


chi

Borrowed from Mandarin 氣／气 (qì), from Middle Chinese 氣 (MC khj+jH), from Old Chinese 氣 (OC *kʰɯds).

(philosophy, pseudoscience) chi (fundamental life-force or energy)


mate

From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at Old English ġe-, English co-, English meat. Doublet of maat.

cog

I'm going to the pub with a few mates.

He's my best mate.

(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.

Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?

(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.


strong

en-adj

strong (comparative stronger, superlative strongest)

stronger (comparative)
strongest (superlative)

Sranan Tongo: tranga

Aukan: taanga

Saramaccan: taánga

From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang, from Proto-West Germanic *strang, from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”). Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string (“austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Swedish sträng, strang (“severe, strict, harsh”), Norwegian strang (“strong, harsh, bitter”), Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Latin stringō (“tighten”).

cog

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link

the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must

(mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)


aimer

aimer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aimant (gerund participle present)
aimant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
aimé (participle past)
aimé (participle past)
aime (first-person indicative present singular)
ɛm (first-person indicative present singular)
aimes (indicative present second-person singular)
aime (indicative present singular third-person)
aimons (first-person indicative plural present)
aimons (first-person indicative plural present)
aimez (indicative plural present second-person)
aimez (indicative plural present second-person)
aiment (indicative plural present third-person)
aimais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
aimais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
aimais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aimais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aimait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aimait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aimions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aimions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aimiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
aimiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
aimaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aimaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aimai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
aimai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
aimas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
aimas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
aima (historic indicative past singular third-person)
aima (historic indicative past singular third-person)
aimâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
aimâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
aimâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
aimâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
aimèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
aimèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
aimerai (first-person future indicative singular)
aimeras (future indicative second-person singular)
aimera (future indicative singular third-person)
aimerons (first-person future indicative plural)
aimerez (future indicative plural second-person)
aimeront (future indicative plural third-person)
aimerais (conditional first-person singular)
aimerais (conditional second-person singular)
aimerait (conditional singular third-person)
aimerions (conditional first-person plural)
aimerions (conditional first-person plural)
aimeriez (conditional plural second-person)
aimeriez (conditional plural second-person)
aimeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
aime (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ɛm (first-person present singular subjunctive)
aimes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
aime (present singular subjunctive third-person)
aimions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
aimions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
aimiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
aimiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
aiment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
aimasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aimasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aimasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aimasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aimât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aimât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aimassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aimassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aimassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
aimassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
aimassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aimassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aime (imperative second-person singular)
aimons (first-person imperative plural)
aimons (first-person imperative plural)
aimez (imperative plural second-person)
aimez (imperative plural second-person)

Saint Dominican Creole French: haimé

From the conjugated forms of Old French amer, from Latin amāre (“to love”).

Donne-moi une raison de t’aimer.

J’aime cet homme-ci plus que tout au monde.

I love this man more than anything in the world.

to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to like)


aimer

aimier (infinitive)
aimant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
aimié (masculine participle past singular)
aimie (feminine participle past singular)
aimiés (masculine participle past plural)
aimies (feminine participle past plural)
aime (indicative present singular)
aimes (indicative present second-person singular)
aime (indicative present singular third-person)
aimoms (first-person indicative plural present)
aimiez (indicative plural present)
aiment (indicative plural present third-person)
aimeis (imperfect indicative singular)
aimeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aimeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aimioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aimiez (imperfect indicative plural)
aimeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aimis (indicative preterite singular)
aimis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
aimit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
aimîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
aimîtes (indicative plural preterite)
aimîtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
aimerai (future indicative singular)
aimeras (future indicative second-person singular)
aimera (future indicative singular third-person)
aimeroms (first-person future indicative plural)
aimerez (future indicative plural)
aimeront (future indicative plural third-person)
aimereis (conditional indicative singular)
aimereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
aimereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
aimerioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
aimeriez (conditional indicative plural)
aimereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
aime (first-person present singular subjunctive)
aimes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
aime (present singular subjunctive third-person)
aimioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
aimiez (plural present subjunctive)
aiment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
aimisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aimisse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aimît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aimisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aimissioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aimissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
aimissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aime (imperative singular)
aimoms (first-person imperative plural)
aimiez (imperative plural)

Si l'houme aïme autre mûx que sé au moulin i' mourra de set.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 515:

If a man loves others more than himself, he will die of thirst even were he in a mill.


double agent

Coordinate term: triple agent

(espionage) A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are actually working for or passing information to the other.


weak

en-adj

weak (comparative weaker, superlative weakest)

weaker (comparative)
weakest (superlative)

healthy

antonym(s) of “lacking in force or ability”

potent

antonym(s) of “lacking in taste or potency”

From Middle English weyk, wayk, weik, waik, from Old Norse veikr (“weak”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (“weak, yielded, pliant, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, wind”).
Cognate with Old English wāc (“weak, bendsome”), Saterland Frisian wook (“soft, gentle, tender”), West Frisian weak (“soft”), Dutch week (“soft, weak”), German weich (“weak, soft”), Norwegian veik (“weak”), Swedish vek (“weak, pliant”), Icelandic veikur (“bendsome, weak”). Related to Old English wīcan (“to yield”). Doublet of week and wick.

cog

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

(mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)


Sehnsucht

de-noun

Sehnsucht f (genitive Sehnsucht, plural Sehnsüchte)

Sehnsucht (genitive)
Sehnsüchte (plural)
Sehnsucht (nominative singular)
Sehnsüchte (definite nominative plural)
Sehnsucht (genitive singular)
Sehnsüchte (definite genitive plural)
Sehnsucht (dative singular)
Sehnsüchten (dative definite plural)
Sehnsucht (accusative singular)
Sehnsüchte (accusative definite plural)

From sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).

compound

Meine Seele verzehrt sich vor Sehnsucht nach deinen Bestimmungen allezeit.

2000, Bible, Schlachter, published 2003, Psalm 119:20:

My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.


undermine

en-verb

undermine (third-person singular simple present undermines, present participle undermining, simple past and past participle undermined)

undermines (present singular third-person)
undermining (participle present)
undermined (participle past)
undermined (past)

Coordinate term: overmine

We can even go further: when we consider an object in everyday life we do not usually just undermine or overmine it as if it demanded an either/or approach, but rather we run the two processes in tandem: duomining, as Harman labels it.

2022, Nicholas Gayle, Conrad and the Being of the World, page 25:

(philosophy) To regard an object as the sum of the parts that compose it, in object-oriented ontology.


metanoia

metanoia (nominative singular)
metanoii (genitive singular)
metanoii (dative singular)
metanoię (accusative singular)
metanoią (instrumental singular)
metanoii (locative singular)
metanoio (singular vocative)

Metanoia niesie z sobą także nowe i pogłębione rozumienie Boga i Jego świętej woli.

1996, Janusz Nagórny, Andrzej Derdziuk, Vivere in Christo: chrześcijański horyzont moralności : księga pamiątkowa ku czci księdza profesora Seweryna Rosika w 65. rocznicę urodzin:

Metanoia also brings with it a new and deeper understanding of God and His holy will

(philosophy, rare) Alternative spelling of metanoja


bracket

bracket (third-person singular simple present brackets, present participle bracketing, simple past and past participle bracketed)

brackets (present singular third-person)
bracketing (participle present)
bracketed (participle past)
bracketed (past)

From earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nail), from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly”), a diminutive of Old French brague (“knickers, britches”), from Old Occitan braga, from Latin brāca (“pants”), from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, from Proto-Germanic *brāks, an early form of Proto-Germanic *brōks (“leggings, breeches, trousers”).

der

(philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.


liar

From Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (“liar”), from *leuganą (“to lie”) + *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie + -ar. More at lie.

The Swabber is to keep the Cabbins, and all the Rooms of the Ship clean within board, and the Liar to do the like without board. The Liar holds his Place but for a week; and he that is first taken with a Lie upon a Monday morning, […] for that week he is under the Swabber, and meddles not with making clean the Ship within board, but without.

1703, Sir William Monson, Sir William Monson's Naval Tracts in Six Books, page 348:

The swabber, perhaps the lowliest position on the ship, was responsible for cleaning the decks. By tradition, each Monday a new crewmember was appointed the liar—the first person caught telling a lie the previous week.

2005, Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and Her Passengers, page 35:

(nautical, obsolete) A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.


kiss

en-verb

kiss (third-person singular simple present kisses, present participle kissing, simple past and past participle kissed)

kisses (present singular third-person)
kissing (participle present)
kissed (participle past)
kissed (past)

From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”).
Cognates include Saterland Frisian küsje, Dutch kussen, German Low German küssen, German küssen, Danish kysse, Swedish kyssa, Norwegian kysse, Icelandic kyssa. Compare Proto-Indo-European *ku-, *kus- (probably imitative), with byspels including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kússō), poetic form of κύσω (kúsō, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

ncog

you kiss your girlfriend with that mouth

you kiss your grandfather with that mouth

you kiss your grandmother with that mouth

He […] kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject.

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

I kissed a girl and I liked it / The taste of her cherry chapstick / I kissed a girl just to try it / I hope my boyfriend don't mind it

2008 April 28, Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Cathy Dennis, “I Kissed a Girl”, in One of the Boys, performed by Katy Perry:

(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.

The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed.

His ball kissed the black into the corner pocket.

Like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume.

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:

Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss, / Kiss, kiss; and make her a bower / All of flowers, and drop me a flower, / Drop me a flower.

1867–1870 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “No. II. At the Window.”, in The Window: Or, The Songs of the Wrens […], London: Strahan & Co., […], published 1871, →OCLC:

Night hath fled away into the valleys. The dawn kisseth the mountain tops.

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.

We're kissing in the moonlight / Love was shining so bright and true

1990, Norell Oson Bard (lyrics and music), “Kissing in the Moonlight”performed by The Boppers:

(reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.


kiss

From Middle English kis, kys, kus, forms of cos influenced by kissen, from Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

With some satisfaction, Gergory read this through twice, signed it and added kisses[.]

1966, Brian W. Aldiss, The Saliva Tree, published 1968, page 67:

An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver.

(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.

(aviation) A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.


haunt

en-verb

haunt (third-person singular simple present haunts, present participle haunting, simple past and past participle haunted)

haunts (present singular third-person)
haunting (participle present)
haunted (participle past)
haunted (past)

From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”).
Cognate with Old English hǣman (“to cohabit, lie with, marry”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home.

cog

A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.

You wrong me Sir,thus ſtill to haunt my houſe.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 52, column 1:

Foul spirits haunt my resting place.

1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:

those cares that haunt the court and town

1713, Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace, Book I. Ep. VII:

(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

[…]haunte thi silf to pite [or pitee].

c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume I (in Middle English), Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, I. Timothy 4:7, columns 1, 2:

(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.

Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.

a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC:

(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.


haunt

The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.

1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:


crocodile

→ Maori: kokorotaera, karakotaera

→ Niuean: kirokotaili

→ Tokelauan: kolokotaila

→ Tongan: kalokataile

→ Welsh: crocodeil

From Middle English cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril, from Old French cocodril (modern French crocodile), from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). The word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms. Doublet of krokodil and sugar.

[ˈkʰɹɑkədaɪɫ]

We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles, enthymemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine or ten years old in playful conversation[…]

1798, Maria Edgeworth, Practical Education:

(logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.


cos

English: kiss

Scots: kis

Yola: kesse

From Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Forms with /i/, /u/ and /ɛ/ are influenced by Old English cyssan.


minor

en-adj

minor (comparative more minor, superlative most minor)

more minor (comparative)
most minor (superlative)

antonym(s) of

serious, grave, severe, dangerous, fatal, life-threatening, acute (informal)

From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.

der

The minor term of John Stuart Mill's famous syllogism—usually mistakenly credited to Aristotle—is Socrates; the major term is mortal.

Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:

(logic) Acting as the subject of the second premise of a categorical syllogism, which then also acts as the subject of its conclusion.


minor

byvak

subject of secondary undergraduate study

And so musten oure clerkis argue whan þai aleggen for her lordeschip þe lyuynge of her patrons & sayntis, & sayen þus: "Seynt thomas & seynt hwe & seynt Swiþune wer þus lordis, & in þis þai suyd cristis lyuynge & his lore; þerfor we may lefulli be þus lordis." And I wote wel þat gabriel schal blow his horne or þai han preuyd þe mynor; þat is, þat þes seyntes or patrons in þis suyden þe lore or þe life of ihesu criste.

c. 1450, anonymous author, The Clergy May Not Hold Property, page 31:

(logic) Ellipsis of minor term or minor premise.


tableau

Unadapted borrowing from French tableau, from Old French tablel (“a surface which is used primarily for painting”).


least

From Middle English leste, lest, last, from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest, lærest (“least”), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest; least”), related to Old English læs (“less”). Cognate with Old Frisian leist, Old Saxon lēs. More at less.

inh

(philosophy) Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.


synthesis

en-noun

synthesis (countable and uncountable, plural syntheses)

From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι (suntíthēmi, “put together, combine”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “set, place”). Doublet of sandhi.

der

(logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.

համադրություն

logic: deduction from the general to the particular

(philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.

համադրություն

philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis


type

→ Japanese: タイプ

→ Korean: 타입 (taip)

From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-. Related to stupid, stupefy and stop.

tyyppiyksilö

biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group

(theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

edeltäjä

theology: event or person that prefigures or foreshadows


phenomenon

en-noun

phenomenon (plural phenomena or (nonstandard) phenomenons or phenomenon)

phenomena (plural)
phenomenons (nonstandard plural)
phenomenon (plural)

noumenon

From Late Latin phaenomenon (“appearance”), from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”), neuter present middle participle of φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).

der

Every "phenomenon" must be, at any rate, partly subjective or dependent on the subject.

1900, S. Tolver Preston, “Comparison of Some Views of Spencer and Kant”, in Mind, volume 9, number 34, page 234:

The Kantian phenomenon is the real as we are compelled to think it.

1912, Roy Wood Sellars, “Is There a Cognitive Relation?”, in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, volume 9, number 9, page 232:

(philosophy, chiefly Kantian idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).

fenomen

philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind


parenthesis

en-noun

parenthesis (countable and uncountable, plural parentheses)

/pəˈɹɛnθəsɪs/

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion”).

der

(mathematics, logic) Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.

փակագծեր

(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator


major

en-adj

major (comparative more major, superlative most major)

more major (comparative)
most major (superlative)

From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.

Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)

Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. (of a premise)


major

pääaineopiskelija

student specializing in a specified subject


thesis

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Johann Gottlieb Fichte

From Late Middle English thesis (“lowering of the voice”) and also borrowed directly from its etymon Latin thesis (“proposition, thesis; lowering of the voice”), from Ancient Greek θέσῐς (thésis, “arrangement, placement, setting; conclusion, position, thesis; lowering of the voice”), from τῐ́θημῐ (títhēmi, “to place, put, set; to put down in writing; to consider as, regard”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”)) + -σῐς (-sis, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result). The English word is a doublet of deed.
Sense 1.1 (“proposition or statement supported by arguments”) is adopted from antithesis. Sense 1.4 (“initial stage of reasoning”) was first used by the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814), and later applied to the dialectical method of his countryman, the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831).
The plural form theses is borrowed from Latin thesēs, from Ancient Greek θέσεις (théseis).

der

Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.

(logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

(philosophy) In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.


form

en-noun

form (countable and uncountable, plural forms)

→ Korean: 폼 (pom)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: form

From Middle English forme (“shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreement, etc.”), borrowed from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma (“shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.”).
In sense "division grouping school students" (now dated), derived from public school nomenclature later adopted by state schools. It is sometimes said to be from the sense of "bench", where students of certain ages would sit together, though this is disputed, or alternatively from the sense of "established method of expression or practice".

der

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

(philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.


form

forma (definite singular)
formen (definite singular)
former (indefinite plural)
formene (definite plural)

From Old Norse form, from Latin fōrma (“form; figure, shape”), perhaps from Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

den formløse materie fortæller os ikke noget; formen alene gir den liv … [Platon] saa stoffet bli levende ved formens magt

the formless matter tells us nothing; form alone gives it life… [Plato] so that matter becomes alive by the power of form

(philosophy) a form (an eternal type of thing or idea, especially in Plato's philosophy)

[mens] det er hønas «form» å kakle, å flakse med vingene samt å legge egg, er det steinens form å falle til jorden

[while] it is the hen's "form" to cackle, to flap its wings and to lay eggs, it is the stone's form to fall to the ground

Aristoteles skilte mellom fire forskjellige årsaker: form, stoff, bevegelse og hensikt

1994, Trond Berg Eriksen, Undringens labyrinter, page 17:

Aristotle distinguished between four different causes: form, matter, movement, and purpose

(philosophy, natural science) the formal cause (the design, pattern, or pure concept of a thing, which gives form or structure to its matter, in Aristotelianism)

jeg er bundet til min tankes former

1924, Arnulf Øverland, Brød og vin, page 15:

(philosophy) form (summary of the manifold, the material of experience, into unity in consciousness - especially in Kant's philosophy)


shadow

en-verb

shadow (third-person singular simple present shadows, present participle shadowing, simple past and past participle shadowed)

shadows (present singular third-person)
shadowing (participle present)
shadowed (participle past)
shadowed (past)

From Middle English schadowen, from Old English sċeadwian, from sċeadu (“shadow; shade”) + -ian (suffix forming verbs).

Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar.

2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:

(particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.


datum

en-noun

datum (plural (senses 1–3) data or (senses 1 and 4–5) datums)

Borrowed from Latin datum (“a given”). Doublet of die.

(philosophy) A fact known from direct observation.

(philosophy) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.


assertoric

/ˌæsɚˈtɔɹɪk/

(logic) Stating that which is actual, usually in contrast with modal sentences.


horseshoe

/ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː/

From Middle English horsscho, horssho, horscho, hors schoo, equivalent to horse + shoe.

almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

close only counts in horseshoes and darts

close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades


system

→ Japanese: システム (shisutemu)

Partly borrowed from Middle French sisteme, systeme, partly directly from its etymon Late Latin systēma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from σῠνίστημῐ (sunístēmi, “to combine, organize”) + -μᾰ (-ma, resultative suffix). σῠνίστημῐ is from σῠν- (sun-, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).
Cognate with Dutch systeem, modern French système, German System, Italian sistema, Portuguese sistema, Spanish sistema. Doublet of systema.

sistem

In the footnote attached to this statement Rosen refers to the “hypnotic” quality of Kojève’s system.

2019, David McIlwain, Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss: The Politics of Renaissance and Enlightenment, →ISBN, page 131, note 5:

A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.

(philosophy) A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.


system

pl-noun

system m inan (diminutive systemik, related adjective systemowy)

systemik (diminutive)
systemowy (adjective)
system (nominative singular)
systemy (nominative plural)
systemu (genitive singular)
systemów (genitive plural)
systemowi (dative singular)
systemom (dative plural)
system (accusative singular)
systemy (accusative plural)
systemem (instrumental singular)
systemami (instrumental plural)
systemie (locative singular)
systemach (locative plural)
systemie (singular vocative)
systemy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French système. First attested in 1628.

ref

Maksym (Melecjusz) Smotrycki (1628) APOLOGIA PEREGRYNATIEY do Kráiow Wschodnich, Przez mię MELETIVSZA SMOTRZYSKIE[G]O … Roku P. 1623 y 24. obchodzonej, przez fałszywą Bracią słownie y na pismie spotwarzoney, do przezacnego Narodu Ruskieo … sporządzona y podana. A. 1628. Augusti, Die 25. w Monasteru Dermaniu (in Polish), page 4: “O rzecz drugą, iż Haeretyckie swe bluźnierstwá poddał pod obronę systemu Kátholikowi, mężowi wysokich cnot, y okazáłey pobożnośći.”

Near-synonym: teoria

(literary, philosophy) system (comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs)


logician

/ləˈd͡ʒɪʃən/

From Middle English logicien, logissian, from Old French logicien. Equivalent to logic + -ian.

“To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are.” ― “The Greek Interpreter”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894

It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes.

1997, John Trotter, System of Rational Discourse, page 22:

These two treatments of the predicate are typical of the two traditions in traditional logic—the intensional and the extensional traditions. Logicians who can be counted among the intensional logicians are Gottfried Leibniz, Johann Lambert, William Hamilton, Stanley Jevons, and Hugh MacColl. Among the extensional logicians are George Boole, Augustus De Morgan, Charles Peirce, and John Venn.

2011 July 20, Edwin Mares, “Propositional Function”, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, retrieved 2012-07-15:


philosophus

la-adj

philosophus (feminine philosopha, neuter philosophum, adverb philosophē); first/second-declension adjective

philosopha (feminine)
philosophum (neuter)
philosophē (adverb)
philosophus (masculine nominative singular)
philosopha (feminine nominative singular)
philosophum (neuter nominative singular)
philosophī (masculine nominative plural)
philosophae (feminine nominative plural)
philosopha (neuter nominative plural)
philosophī (genitive masculine singular)
philosophae (feminine genitive singular)
philosophī (genitive neuter singular)
philosophōrum (genitive masculine plural)
philosophārum (feminine genitive plural)
philosophōrum (genitive neuter plural)
philosophō (dative masculine singular)
philosophae (dative feminine singular)
philosophō (dative neuter singular)
philosophīs (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
philosophum (accusative masculine singular)
philosopham (accusative feminine singular)
philosophum (accusative neuter singular)
philosophōs (accusative masculine plural)
philosophās (accusative feminine plural)
philosopha (accusative neuter plural)
philosophō (ablative masculine singular)
philosophā (ablative feminine singular)
philosophō (ablative neuter singular)
philosophīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
philosophe (masculine singular vocative)
philosopha (feminine singular vocative)
philosophum (neuter singular vocative)
philosophī (masculine plural vocative)
philosophae (feminine plural vocative)
philosopha (neuter plural vocative)

[pʰɪˈɫ̪ɔs̠ɔpʰʊs̠]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”).


distinctive

From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus.

Mennonites could go forth somewhat detached from the chauvinism of Western culture—but not so from the Mennonite distinctives.

1979, Theron F. Schlabach, “Gospel versus Gospel”, in Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, page 154:

(theology) A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.


formula

en-noun

formula (countable and uncountable, plural formulae or formulas or formulæ)

formulae (plural)
formulas (plural)
formulæ (plural)

Irish: foirmle

Scottish Gaelic: foirmle

Borrowed from Latin formula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”); see form.

bor+

(logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.

論理式

logic: syntactic expression of a proposition


formula

fȏrmula (canonical feminine)
фо̑рмула (Cyrillic)
formula (nominative singular)
formule (nominative plural)
formule (genitive singular)
formula (genitive plural)
formuli (dative singular)
formulama (dative plural)
formulu (accusative singular)
formule (accusative plural)
formulo (singular vocative)
formule (plural vocative)
formuli (locative singular)
formulama (locative plural)
formulom (instrumental singular)
formulama (instrumental plural)


homo

en-adj

homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)

more homo (comparative)
most homo (superlative)

(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.


libido

la-noun

libīdō f (genitive libīdinis); third declension

libīdō (canonical feminine)
libīdinis (genitive)
libīdō (nominative singular)
libīdinēs (nominative plural)
libīdinis (genitive singular)
libīdinum (genitive plural)
libīdinī (dative singular)
libīdinibus (dative plural)
libīdinem (accusative singular)
libīdinēs (accusative plural)
libīdine (ablative singular)
libīdinibus (ablative plural)
libīdō (singular vocative)
libīdinēs (plural vocative)

→ Armenian: լիբիդո (libido)

→ Catalan: libido

→ Dutch: libido

desctree

→ English: libido
→ Mandarin: 力比多 (lìbǐduō)
→ Irish: libídeo
→ Japanese: リビドー (ribidō)
→ Korean: 리비도 (ribido)

→ Finnish: libido

→ French: libido
→ Turkish: libido

→ German: Libido

→ Galician: libido

→ Hebrew: לִיבִּידוֹ (libido)

→ Hungarian: libidó

→ Italian: libido, libidine

→ Polish: libido

→ Portuguese: libido

→ Romanian: libido

→ Russian: либи́до (libído)

→ Serbo-Croatian: лѝбидо (lìbido)

→ Slovene: lȋbido

→ Spanish: libido

→ Swedish: libido

From Proto-Italic *luβēō (“to desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love, care, desire”).

der

Haec tibi est incīdenda lingua, quā vel ēvulsā spīritū ipsō libīdinem tuam lībertās mea refūtābit.

(For that) you must sever this tongue of mine, and even if it is torn out, the freedom in my very breath will confound your wantonness.

desire, fancy, inclination, longing, pleasure, caprice, passion, wantonness

Libīdō vincit omnia.

In prīmīs autem et illōs numerō quī nūllī reī nisi vīnō ac libīdinī vacant; nūllī enim turpius occupātī sunt.

c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 7

But among the worst I count also those who have time for nothing but wine and lust; for none have more shameful engrossments.

Maiōre adhūc ac turpiōre īnfāmiā flagrāvit, vix ut referrī audīrīve, nēdum crēdī fās sit, quasi puerōs prīmae teneritūdinis, quōs pisciculōs vocābat, īnstitueret, ut natantī sibi inter femina versārentur ac lūderent linguā morsūque sēnsim adpetentēs; atque etiam quasi īnfantēs firmiōrēs, necdum tamen lacte dēpulsōs, inguinī ceu papillae admovēret, prōnior sānē ad id genus libīdinis et nātūrā et aetāte.

c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 3 44

He was excited with a greater and more shameful infamy, that hardly can be told or heard, by no means be believed to be allowed by the gods, like how he trained little boys of the tenderest age, which he called 'little fish', to go around between his thighs and rouse his senses with the tongue and by biting, while he was swimming; or even how he put stronger babies, not weaned yet, to his genitals as if to nipples, certainly more inclined to this kind of lechery by nature as well as by age.


spice

English: spice

Scots: spice

From Old French espice, (modern épice), an old borrowing from Late Latin speciēs.

A seeming or presence; the way something looks from the outside:

(philosophy) The perception of something using any sense or innate ability.

(Christianity) The communion wafer when transubstantiated.


allopoiesis

autopoiesis

antonym(s) of “creation of something other than the self”

(philosophy) Creation of something other than the self.

alopoiese

(philosophy) Creation by something else than the self.


double

en-verb

double (third-person singular simple present doubles, present participle doubling, simple past and past participle doubled)

doubles (present singular third-person)
doubling (participle present)
doubled (participle past)
doubled (past)

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.

Was this simply the cover name of an Allied spy-code named the Brass Monkey? […] The possibility that the Brass Monkey himself was "doubling" (with headquarters' approval, of course) is too logical […]

(espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.


non sequitur

en-noun

non sequitur (plural non sequiturs or non sequuntur)

non sequiturs (plural)
non sequuntur (plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin phrase nōn sequitur (“it does not follow”).

what does that have to do with the price of tea in China

Having a costumed superhero abduct the vicar was an utter non sequitur in the novel.

Non sequiturs, gratuitous acts, frustrating ellipses, ambiguities, a dearth of emotion: Miss [Lillian] Hellman avails herself of all these current techniques in telling a story that she keeps telling us may not be a story at all.

1980 May 13, Anatole Broyard, “Books of The Times”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(narratology) Any abrupt and inexplicable transition or occurrence.

Gedankensprung

any abrupt and inexplicable transition or occurrence

(logic) Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the premises.

Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams.

2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in AV Club:

A statement that does not logically follow a statement that came before it.

Coordinate term: paraprosdokian

(humor) A kind of pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener’s expectation.


opposition

/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/

/ˌɑ.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositiō, translating Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin oppōnō (“I set against”).

(logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.


fetish

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin faciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin factus
Latin -īcius
Latin factīcius
Portuguese feitiçobor.
French fétichebor.
English fetish
Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.

etymon

The idols and fetishes were being dressed up and whitewashed, receiving sacrifices.

1958, Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King:

Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.

ֆետիշ

something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers

This was the trunk of a large wooden doll […] now entirely defaced by a long career of vicarious suffering. […] The last nail had been driven in with a fiercer stroke than usual, for the Fetish on that occasion represented aunt Glegg

1860, George Eliot, chapter VI, in The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons:

(animism, dated) A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll.

I know a guy who has a foot fetish.

a fetish for leather

The first time, I was confused. His needs were obscure to me, and what I could perceive of them seemed to me ridiculous, laughable, like a fetish for lace-up shoes.

1985, Margaret Atwood, “Soul Scrolls”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 163:

Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.

ֆետիշ

something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire


medium

Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and mediate.

doublet

(countable, logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.


revelation

en-noun

revelation (countable and uncountable, plural revelations)

/ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin revēlātiō (“disclosure”), from revēlō (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + vēlō (“to cover”).

This does not mean that God has difficulty overcoming obstacles; if one questions whether revelation is ‘a simple matter’, this need not refer to whether or not God has to exert himself greatly to overcome these obstacles, or whether he is grieved or suffers in some way to overcome these obstacles.

2008, Rolfe King, Obstacles to Divine Revelation: God and the Reorientation of Human Reason, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:

(theology) A manifestation of divine truth.


direct

en-adj

direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)

more direct (comparative)
most direct (superlative)

/daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt/

Borrowed from Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.
For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).

m+

law of the excluded middle
law of the excluded middle

(mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.


unicorn

From Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”). Other senses from either rarity (e.g., possessing multiple skills) or by physical resemblance to having a horn (e.g., howitzer). The finance sense was coined by American investor Aileen Lee and first used in a 2013 article.

But I also think, “They’re looking for a unicorn — a magical designer who can solve all their problems.” It’s too bad unicorns don’t exist. … I have never met a designer who is an expert in all those skill areas. … Even if you find a unicorn designer with all those skills, actually doing all those things at your company is a huge amount of work.

2011 November 1, Braden Kowitz, “Hiring a designer: hunting the unicorn”, in Google Ventures:

He believes that good data scientists, “otherwise known as unicorn data scientists,” have three types of expertise.

2015 October 3, Gil Press, “These Are The Skills You Need To (Eventually) Become A $240,000+ Unicorn Data Scientist”, in Forbes:

en:someone or something rare and hard to find

en:person with so much multidisciplinary expertise as to be rare

Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.

(business) A person with multidisciplinary expertise, especially a laundry list of three or more skills in a young field such as UX design or data science (e.g., domain knowledge, statistics, and software engineering).

Coordinate term: decacorn

As the price of Web hosting plummeted and PCs and cell phones proliferated, college and grad-school dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page and Sergey Brin could suddenly conjure unicorns on their laptops.

2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:

In May 2016, out of 163 global unicorns, China had 31, with a total valuation of $154 billion or about 26 percent of global unicorn valuation.

2017, Pongsak Hoontrakul, Economic Transformation and Business Opportunities in Asia, Springer, →ISBN, page 273:

(finance) A startup company whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, which is solely backed by venture capitalists, and which has yet to have an IPO.


unicorn

en-verb

unicorn (third-person singular simple present unicorns, present participle unicorning, simple past and past participle unicorned)

unicorns (present singular third-person)
unicorning (participle present)
unicorned (participle past)
unicorned (past)

Since Waze, Soluto and Onavo, both Israeli startups, have had great exits in consumer tech, and Wix “unicorned” through its IPO.

2014 November 3, Itay Hod, “The Airbnb of Home-Cooked Meals”, in Daily Beast:

For eager investors looking to score in a future IPO, the eight still-private martech unicorns might be tempting. That list includes Domo, Slack, Sprinklr, Shopify, and EventBrite, all of which have “unicorned,” or surpassed the billion-dollar valuation mark, in the past year or two.

2015 April 30, John Koetsier, “29 martech unicorns: There are now almost 30 $1B+ marketing technology vendors”, in Venture Beat:

For instance, at the same time as Intercom was announcing its unicorning moment, a young Dublin tech company called Let's Get Checked (letsgetchecked.com) raised €10m in a funding round.

2018 April 1, Adrian Weckler, “Admit it: Irish tech is on the up”, in The Independent:

(finance) To exceed a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars, while solely backed by venture capitalists.


dependent

From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participle of dependre (“to depend”)) and Latin dēpendēns (present participle of dēpendeō (“to depend”)). By surface analysis, depend + -ent.

(philosophy) dependent (origination), in Buddhism, the idea that the existence of everything is conditional and dependent on a cause, and that nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.


mode

From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.

tila

mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system

(philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.


mode

Borrowed from Latin modus. Doublet of moda, a borrowing through French.


blame

English: blame

Scots: blame

From Old French blasme, a deverbal noun from blasmer (“to criticise”).


theologist

Borrowed from Medieval Latin theologista.

1763 August 6, Elizabeth Carter, personal correspondence, in Montagu Pennington, Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter […], Volume I, F. C. and J. Rivington (1808), page 319,
She told me with great joy and simplicity, that an English lady had told her, that our religion was very much alike. I think it is very possible that she fancied us to be Heathens or Turks, before this profound theologist set her right.

1884, William Chatterton Coupland, Translator's Preface to Eduard von Hartmann, Philosophy of the Unconscious: Speculative Results According to the Inductive Method of Physical Science, Volume I, MacMillan and Co., page viii,
What would you have, says the scientist, but an ever-widening view of Nature's operations?—is it not enough, cries the theologist, to be sure that there is a God, although "His ways are past finding out?"

2006, Syafiq Hasyim, Understanding Women in Islam: An Indonesian Perspective, Equinox Publishing, →ISBN, page 32,
Besides being known as a theologist, he [Al-Razi] was noted for being a person of great farid (beauty). ¶ Al-Razi was an intellectual leader (imam) in the fields of Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic theology, rational sciences, and linguistics.

(uncommon) One who is skilled in, professes or practices that which relates or pertains to God.


Espíritu Santo

From espíritu (“spirit”) + santo (“holy”).

En el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

(Christianity, theology) the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost


value

en-noun

value (countable and uncountable, plural values)

From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).

der

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 812a. Value

He does not share his parents' values.

family values

WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.

2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:

That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.


figure

→ Japanese: フィギュア (figyua)

From Middle English figure, borrowed from Old French figure, from Latin figūra (“form, shape, form of a word, a figure of speech, Late Latin a sketch, drawing”), from fingō (“to form, shape, mold, fashion”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold, shape, form, knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos), Sanskrit देग्धि (degdhi), Old English dāg (“dough”). More at dough. Doublet of figura.

(logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.