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Cool new words
2017-12-07 - Thursday -


fen - Definition: a low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land. ( Found in "Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien. ) See also Wikipedia article on fens.

abugida - Definition: an alphasyllabary, also known as an avugida, is a segmented writing system in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as a unit . . . defined on Wikipedia but not in Webster's dictionary.

heuristic - Heuristic way explained


2018-05-29

radix - in mathematics the number of unique digits in a number writing system. Synonym in mathematics is 'base'. Radix from the Latin word for root . . .

golem - noun noun: golem; plural noun: golems (in Jewish legend) a clay figure brought to life by magic. an automaton or robot.


2023-01-09 - need to locate meanings of following words. Faux local links formatted to highlight they're not finished on this page - TMH

^ 2021-11-10 WED

    • peripatetic . . . Per Websters.com: adj. (1) walking or traveling about; itinerant.
    • louche
    • unctious

walking or traveling about; itinerant.

    • obstreperous
    • obsequious marked by fawning attentiveness
    • imprimatur
    • facetiously

    2024

    • hagiography biography of saints or venerated people
    • inanity inane, vapid, pointless, empty

2024 Q4 . . .

Following word auricled found at Wikipedia in article on quercus robur, an Old World oak species. Note this and related botanic words to be organized into thematic section of new words in this local wiki page.

    • auricled as found at Oxford English Dictionary


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