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Word of the Day –  Sophistry

  • Noun:  Sophistry
    1. subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
    2. sophism
  • Synonyms:
    1.  paralogy
    2. paralogism
    3. false logic
    4. fallacious reasoning
    5. flaw in the argument
    6. inconclusive reasoning
    7. reasoning in a circle
    8. begging the question
  • Usage:
    1. “Privately, he knew that this was sophistry and so did any other Member competent to judge the matter.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Robert A. Heinlein‘s Methuselah’s Children.

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Word of the Day – Plenum

  • Noun:  Plenum
    1.  a space or all space every part of which is full of matter;an air-filled space in a structure especially : one that receives air from a blower for distribution (as in a ventilation system)
    2. a general assembly of all members especially of a legislative body
    3. the quality or state of being full
  • Synonyms:
    1. body
    2. chamber
    3. house
    4. parliament
    5. assembly
    6. congress
    7. council
    8. diet
  • Usage:
    1. “There was no answer, in words. Inertia isn’t a word; it is a mathematical concept used in mathematically certain aspects of plenum. I was stuck.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Robert A. Heinlein‘s Methuselah’s Children.

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Word of the Day – Pellucid

  • Adjective: Pellucid
    1. admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion a pellucid stream
    2. reflecting light evenly from all surfaces
    3. easy to understand
  • Synonyms:
    1. translucent
    2. transparent
    3. clear
    4. crystal clear
    5. crystalline
    6. bright
    7. glassy
    8. limpid
    9. unclouded
  • Usage:
    1. “…the house had an enormous tropical garden under a dome so pellucid that Thorby did not realize it was there until Leda had him touch it.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Robert A. Heinlein‘s Citizen of the Galaxy.

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Word of the Day – Purdah

  • Noun: Purdah
    1. seclusion of women from public observation among Muslims and some Hindus especially in India
    2. a state of seclusion or concealment
  • Synonyms:
    1.  bonnet
    2. hat
    3. kerchief
    4. mantle
    5. protector
    6. shawl
    7. veil
    8. wimple
  • Usage:
    1. “In any case I’m to go… with the understanding that I remain in strict purdah. I shan’t mind; I’ll use the time on my data.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Robert A. Heinlein’s Citizen of the Galaxy.

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Word of the Day – Hegira

  • Noun:  Hegira
    1. a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation
  • Synonyms:
    1. abandonment
    2. adieu
    3. bow out
    4. congé
    5. decampment
    6. desertion
    7. egress
    8. egression.
  • Usage:
    1. “Nevertheless, though it might mean that they must again pursue their weary hegira, the dominant race did not appear to have crowded the available living space.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Robert A. Heinlein’s Methuselah’s Children.

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Word of the Day – Wain

  • Noun:  Wain
    1.  a usually large and heavy vehicle for farm use; a hay wain
    2. Capitalized [short for Charles’s Wain] : big dipper
  • Synonyms:
    1. caravan
    2. carriage
    3. buckboard
    4. buggy
    5. caisson
    6. coach
    7. dray
    8. pushcart
  • Usage:
    1. “Sarloo took him in the common vehicle of the Jocaira, a wheelless wain shaped much like a soup bowl, which moved quietly and rapidly over the ground, skimming the surface in apparent contact.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Robert A. Heinlein’s Methuselah’s Children.

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Word of the Day – Manumission

  • Noun: Manumission
    1. the act or process of manumitting especially : formal emancipation from slavery
  • Synonyms:
    1.  emancipation
    2. enfranchisement
    3. freeing
    4. liberation
  • Usage:
    1. “Thorby’s leg hurt for a couple days; otherwise manumission left his life unchanged.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Robert A. Heinlein’s Citizen of the Galaxy.

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Word of the Day – Limn

  • Verb: Limn

    1. depict or describe in painting or words
    2. suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light
  • Synonyms:
    1. delineate
    2. describe
    3. draw
    4. paint
    5. represent
  • Usage:
    1. “…which a pawpaw grove can feel like, especially standing inside of it midday, when the light limns the big leaves like stained glass and suddenly you’re inside something ancient and protective.”
  • Encountered:
    1. Reading the essay Pawpaw Grove in Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights: Essays

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Word of the Day – Barratry

  • Noun: Barratry
    1. the purchase or sale of office or preferment in church or state
    2. an unlawful act or fraudulent breach of duty by a master of a ship or by the mariners to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo
    3. the persistent incitement of litigation
  • Synonyms:
    1. contravention
    2. dereliction
    3. disregard
    4. infraction
    5. infringement
    6. noncompliance
    7. offense
    8. violation
  • Usage:
    1. “But Captain Krausa listened quietly, then answered with real poetry–he accused the Losian of every crime from barratry to  mopery and dopery in the spaceways.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Robert A. Heinlein’s Citizen of the Galaxy.

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