Malcor's "Word of the Moment (TM)"

[Malcor Sylverwood]

Anyway, just a random assortment of words. Whether its because it something I have to look up for me, look up for someone else, because I like the word, or just because I think its relevant...it might end up here.

All definitions taken from www.m-w.com unless otherwise noted.

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Main Entry: af·ter·thought
Function: noun
Date: circa 1661
1 : an idea occurring later
2 : a part, feature, or device not thought of originally

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Main Entry: non se·qui·tur
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, it does not follow
Date: 1540

1 : an inference that does not follow from the premises; specifically : a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent
2 : a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from anything previously said

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Main Entry: na·ive
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): na·iv·er; -est
Etymology: French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Old French, inborn, natural, from Latin nativus native
Date: 1654
1 : marked by unaffected simplicity : ARTLESS, INGENUOUS
2 a : deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment; especially : CREDULOUS b : not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation <made the test with naive rats>; also : not having previously used a particular drug (as marijuana)
3 : SELF-TAUGHT, PRIMITIVE

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Main Entry: ap·a·thy
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek apatheia, from apathEs without feeling, from a- + pathos emotion -- more at PATHOS
Date: 1603
1 : lack of feeling or emotion : IMPASSIVENESS
2 : lack of interest or concern : INDIFFERENCE

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arch, arch, arch...the things I do for you ;)

Main Entry: in·sist
Pronunciation: in-'sist
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French insister, from Latin insistere to stand upon, persist, from in- + sistere to take a stand; akin to Latin stare to stand -- more at STAND
Date: 1586
intransitive senses
1 : to be emphatic, firm, or resolute about something intended, demanded, or required <they insist on going>
2 archaic : PERSIST
transitive senses : to maintain in a persistent or positive manner <insisted that the story was true>

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Main Entry: rhe·tor·i·cal
Pronunciation: ri-'tor-i-k&l, -'tär-
Variant(s): also rhe·tor·ic /ri-'tor-ik, -'tär-/
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
1 a : of, relating to, or concerned with rhetoric b : employed for rhetorical effect; especially : asked merely for effect with no answer expected <a rhetorical question>
2 a : given to rhetoric : GRANDILOQUENT b : VERBAL
- rhe·tor·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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Main Entry: in·ev·i·ta·ble
Pronunciation: i-'ne-v&-t&-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inevitabilis, from in- + evitabilis evitable
Date: 14th century
: incapable of being avoided or evaded
- in·ev·i·ta·bil·i·ty /-"ne-v&-t&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- in·ev·i·ta·ble·ness /-'ne-v&-t&-b&l-n&s/ noun

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from www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/ronin

\Ro"nin"\, n. [Jap. r[=o]-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate,
lawless + j[^e]n (old sound n[=i]n) man.]
In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had
renounced his clan or who had been discharged or ostracized
and had become a wanderer without a lord; an outcast; an
outlaw.

(My new title ;))

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Pronunciation: 'shO-v&-"ni-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: French chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, character noted for his excessive patriotism and devotion to Napoleon in Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniard's play La Cocarde tricolore (1831)
1 : excessive or blind patriotism -- compare JINGOISM
2 : undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged
3 : an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex; also : behavior expressive of such an attitude
- chau·vin·ist /-v&-nist/ noun or adjective
- chau·vin·is·tic /"shO-v&-'nis-tik/ adjective
- chau·vin·is·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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Main Entry: apo·lit·i·cal
Pronunciation: "A-p&-'li-ti-k&l
Function: adjective
1 : having no interest or involvement in political affairs; also : having an aversion to politics or political affairs
2 : having no political significance

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Main Entry: mal·aise
Pronunciation: m&-'lAz, ma-, -'lez
Function: noun
Etymology: French malaise, from Old French, from mal- + aise comfort -- more at EASE
1 : an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
2 : a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being <a malaise of cynicism and despair -- Malcolm Boyd>

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Function: adjective
1 a : relating to or existing as an object of thought without consideration of independent existence -- used chiefly in medieval philosophy b : of, relating to, or being an object , phenomenon, or condition in the realm of sensible experience independent of individual thought and perceptible by all observers : having reality independent of the mind <objective reality> <our reveries... are significantly and repeatedly shaped by our transactions with the objective world -- Marvin Reznikoff> -- compare SUBJECTIVE 3a c of a symptom of disease : perceptible to persons other than the affected individual -- compare SUBJECTIVE 4c d : involving or deriving from sense perception or experience with actual objects , conditions, or phenomena <objective awareness> <objective data>
2 : relating to, characteristic of, or constituting the case of words that follow prepositions or transitive verbs
3 a : expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations <objective art> <an objective history of the war> <an objective judgment> b of a test : limited to choices of fixed alternatives and reducing subjective factors to a minimum

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Main Entry: crit·ter
Pronunciation: \ˈkri-tər\
Function: noun
Etymology: by alteration
Date: 1815
: creature

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Main Entry: ped·a·gog·i·cal
Pronunciation: \ˌpe-də-ˈgä-ji-kəl, -ˈgō-\
Variant(s): also ped·a·gog·ic \-jik\
Function: adjective
Date: 1619
: of, relating to, or befitting a teacher or education

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Main Entry: ab·hor
Pronunciation: \əb-ˈhȯr, ab-\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): ab·horred; ab·hor·ring
Etymology: Middle English abhorren, from Latin abhorrēre, from ab- + horrēre to shudder — more at horror
Date: 15th century
: to regard with extreme repugnance : loathe

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jessie

Noun. A feeble, easily scared person, a softy. Derog.

from http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/j.htm

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Main Entry: faith
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural faiths
Etymology: Middle English feith, from Anglo-French feid, fei, from Latin fides; akin to Latin fidere to trust — more at bide
Date: 13th century
1 a: allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty b (1): fidelity to one's promises (2): sincerity of intentions
2 a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust
3: something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs <the Protestant faith>

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Function: noun
Etymology: French, feminine of fiancé
Date: 1835
: a woman engaged to be married

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Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from past participle of fiancer to promise, betroth, from Old French fiancier, from fiance promise, trust, from fier to trust, from Vulgar Latin *fidare, alteration of Latin fidere
Date: 1838

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Main Entry: head·strong
Function: adjective
Date: 14th century
1 : not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions <a headstrong businessman>
2 : directed by ungovernable will <violent headstrong actions>