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- isoteric - Wordsmith Talk
Exoteric is easy So is esoteric But I found
- A. Word. A. Day --exoteric
“Ancient commentators distinguish between [Aristotle’s] esoteric and exoteric writings -- the former were highly technical pieces, written for use within the school, and the latter well-crafted pieces for public consumption ” Jeremy Stangroom James Garvey; The Great Philosophers; Arcturus; 2015
- A. Word. A. Day -- trichotillomania
Home Jul 10, 2000 This week's theme Words to drop into conversations with a therapist This week's words trichotillomania cathexis arctophile symbiosis nisus acedia thanatophobia Previous week’s theme Unusual, esoteric, preposterous words A Word A Day with Anu Garg Do you have trouble verbalizing yourself to your psychologist? Do you find
- A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives
Home Today's Word Yesterday's Word Archives FAQ A Word A Day--interrex Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio interrex (IN-tuhr-reks) noun, plural interreges (in-tuhr-REE-jeez) A person holding supreme authority in a state during an interregnum (the interval of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the accession of a successor) [From Latin, inter- between + rex, king ] "The consuls, too
- A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives
Home Today's Word Yesterday's Word Archives FAQ A Word A Day--paranymph Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio paranymph (PAR-uh-nimf) noun 1 A groomsman or a bridesmaid 2 In ancient Greece, a friend who accompanied the bridegroom when he went to bring home the bride, or the bridesmaid who escorted the bride to the bridegroom [From Late Latin paranymphus, from Greek paranymphos (masculine and
- A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives
Peter Goodman, Piano forte, Newsday, Jan 9, 1994 This week's theme: unusual, esoteric, preposterous words X-Bonus The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones -Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)
- A. Word. A. Day --red-blooded
“America is not just the land of red-blooded capitalism It has an esoteric tradition of capitalist altruism, too Take Trader Joe’s, an own-label grocery chain like M S in Britain It somehow retains a local-community feel, like an indoor farmers’ market with good prices and wonderful staff, despite having 549 stores Whole Foods Market, a 530-store Mecca for well-heeled health nuts and
- A. Word. A. Day -- accismus - Wordsmith
A Word A Day--accismus There is a Word for it With the largest vocabulary of any language, in English we have a word to describe almost everything And when we can't find one, we're happy to borrow from another language (from German: schadenfreude, pleasure at others' misfortune), or just make one up (petrichor, the pleasant smell of rain after a dry spell) Having said that, let's not gloat
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