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Revision as of 21:47, 11 May 2023
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. )
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 Monday -
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
- peripatetic
- louche
- unctious
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demonym found 2023-05-11
