{"id":3914,"date":"2022-09-02T09:10:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T16:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2022-10-14T09:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:46:53","slug":"friday-vocabulary-222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3914","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. ontological<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to the nature of being or existence as such, about ontology; descriptive of category relations between concepts in a given field<\/p>\n

While in the army, his sergeant called such <\/em>ontological speculation ‘pulling yourself up by your bootstraps’, but here at college his professor dismissed it as ‘circular reasoning’.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. peritoneum<\/strong> \u2014 serous membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity<\/p>\n

Bits of the exploded wood were found lodged in the <\/em>peritoneum during autopsy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. abigail<\/strong> \u2014 lady’s maid<\/p>\n

Milady sat at a deal table in the parlor, playing whist with her <\/em>abigail.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. brail<\/strong> \u2014 small horizontal lines used for gathering in sail; leather cord for tying down a hawk’s wings so as to prevent flight<\/p>\n

“Jump to the spanker <\/em>brail! Look you lively, now!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. scruple<\/strong> \u2014 measurement of weight in apothecaries’ system, equal to 20 grains (about 0.13 grams)<\/p>\n

To each dram of spirits add one <\/em>scruple of honey, and cover with three grams of coarse black pepper.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. alethic<\/strong> \u2014 way a language speaks of truth<\/p>\n

Though some have questioned the need for the <\/em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. dominie<\/strong> \u2014 pastor; [Scots<\/em>] schoolmaster<\/p>\n

They sat silently listening to the <\/em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. cracknel<\/strong> \u2014 crisp savory biscuit; fried pork fat bits<\/p>\n

Among the <\/em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. napery<\/strong> \u2014 table linen; household linen<\/p>\n

Always, it seemed, his fumbling fingers failed him, either overturning the delicate glassware (or worse, breaking it), or staining the fine <\/em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. heteroglossia<\/strong> \u2014 concept describing presence of multiple ‘languages’ within a single common tongue, usu. related to class or other distinctions between different speakers or auditors<\/p>\n

Perhaps Bakhtin’s concept of <\/em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. ontological \u2014 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’.   … <\/p>\n

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