Cool new words

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

• synecdoche
  
• rapprochement
  

^ 2021-11-10 WED

• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/15/the-great-organic-food-fraud

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

walking or traveling about; itinerant.

• demonym found 2023-05-11
• obstreperous
• obsequious marked by fawning attentiveness
• imprimatur
• facetiously
2024
• hagiography biography of saints or venerated people
• inanity inane, vapid, pointless, empty

^ References

• https://blogs.transparent.com/hindi/days-of-the-week-in-hindi/