{"id":3938,"date":"2022-10-07T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T17:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2022-10-07T10:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T17:11:48","slug":"friday-vocabulary-227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3938","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. tempestivity<\/strong> \u2014 timeliness, quality of occurring at the proper season or time<\/p>\n

You return from the wars with rare <\/em>tempestivity, for your younger brother even this week has filed a writ with the sheriff laying claim to your mother’s property.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. purler<\/strong> \u2014 spectacular fall; [obsolete<\/em>] resounding blow sending one to the ground<\/p>\n

The repaired tarmac had not set well, and I came a <\/em>purler as I tripped over a divot in the asphalt patch.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. epistemology<\/strong> \u2014 theory of knowledge, study of how we know things we think we know<\/p>\n

Dr. Johnson famously refuted Berkeley’s idealistic <\/em>epistemology by kicking a stone, though it is Hume’s toe that is alleged to have almost magical properties.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. cutler<\/strong> \u2014 seller or repairer of knives<\/p>\n

After this desperate affair it was imperative that I have my sword ground anew, and so the next morning I took myself to the <\/em>cutler on Tendreary Lane, and on the way I saw once more Lord Beltmore.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. bezoar<\/strong> \u2014 concretion found in the stomach of some animals, believed to have power to protect against poison<\/p>\n

He added a few grains of <\/em>bezoar stone to counteract some of the mandragora’s toxic effect, noting how low his supply had become of that rare curative.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. catoblepas<\/strong> \u2014 ancient name for African animal of unsure genus<\/p>\n

Though today the <\/em>catoblepas is usually thought to refer to a gnu, being described by Pliny as bull-like, other writers thought it more like a serpent, or even identified it with the fabled cockatrice.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. apteryx<\/strong> \u2014 kiwi<\/p>\n

In spite of its name, the flightless <\/em>apteryx does have a wing, a vestigial appendage with a tiny claw at the end.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. dug<\/strong> \u2014 pap or udder<\/p>\n

We finally found her beneath the water heater, a hitherto unknown family of newborn kittens pulling away diligently at her <\/em>dugs.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. peon<\/strong> \u2014 day laborer; drudge, person of low social status<\/p>\n

No, you are right, Se\u00f1or Williams, you are right that you are not like these <\/em>peons, but not for the reasons you claim: you are right because I do not think you could work for even a single hour without retreating like a coward back to this barstool from which you look down upon the world about you.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. paeon<\/strong> (or p\u00e6on) \u2014 metrical foot with one long and three short syllables, in any order<\/p>\n

Really, Mr. Carstairs! If you cannot distinguish between a <\/em>paeon and a trochee followed by a spondee I have little hope for you!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British slang of the 19th Century)<\/p>\n

toco<\/strong> \u2014 punishment, penalty<\/p>\n

I admit I felt a tad discomfited when they gave Reggie <\/em>toco for something I had done, but not nearly as much as if they’d beaten me instead of him.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. tempestivity \u2014 timeliness, quality of occurring at the proper season or time You return from the wars with rare tempestivity, for your younger brother even this week has filed a writ with the sheriff laying claim to your mother’s property.   2. purler \u2014 spectacular fall; [obsolete] resounding blow sending one to the ground … <\/p>\n

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