1. ontological — of or related to the nature of being or existence as such, about ontology; descriptive of category relations between concepts in a given field
While in the army, his sergeant called such ontological speculation ‘pulling yourself up by your bootstraps’, but here at college his professor dismissed it as ‘circular reasoning’.
2. peritoneum — serous membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity
Bits of the exploded wood were found lodged in the peritoneum during autopsy.
3. abigail — lady’s maid
Milady sat at a deal table in the parlor, playing whist with her abigail.
4. brail — small horizontal lines used for gathering in sail; leather cord for tying down a hawk’s wings so as to prevent flight
“Jump to the spanker brail! Look you lively, now!”
5. scruple — measurement of weight in apothecaries’ system, equal to 20 grains (about 0.13 grams)
To each dram of spirits add one scruple of honey, and cover with three grams of coarse black pepper.
6. alethic — way a language speaks of truth
Though some have questioned the need for the alethic modality when referring to linguistic models of logic, others have questioned the need for linguists to continually make up new words to further obfuscate the perfectly good words they were gifted with by their parents.
7. dominie — pastor; [Scots] schoolmaster
They sat silently listening to the dominie‘s peroration, sweltering in their heavy black flannel, but each assuring himself that such discomfort was a mighty sacrifice to display before the mynheers assembled in the sweltering church.
8. cracknel — crisp savory biscuit; fried pork fat bits
Among the cracknels, toffees, marzipan, and other treats in the storefront window, a gloriously colored prize box held pride of place, surrounded by all these delights as a queen would be encircled by her courtiers and ladies.
9. napery — table linen; household linen
Always, it seemed, his fumbling fingers failed him, either overturning the delicate glassware (or worse, breaking it), or staining the fine napery with which his aunt insisted on using, for reasons he never understood, as the napkins were quite useless for wiping one’s hands or mouth.
10. heteroglossia — concept describing presence of multiple ‘languages’ within a single common tongue, usu. related to class or other distinctions between different speakers or auditors
Perhaps Bakhtin’s concept of heteroglossia is more useful in this instance, highlighting as it does the performative transgressive inversion of societal norms found here in what is supposed to be a mere children’s cartoon.