Vocab from Wallace’s “Another Pioneer”
Compiled from the following sources:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Words, by William Whitaker (latin-english online dictionary) Copyright © 1993-2001
AskOxford.com
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Deictic adj.
1. Logic. Directly proving by argument.
2. Linguistics. Of or relating to a word, the determination of whose referent is
dependent on the context in which it is said or written. In the sentence I want
him to come here now, the words I, here, him, and now are deictic because
the determination of their referents depends on who says that sentence, and
where, when, and of whom it is said.
n.
A deictic word, such as I or there.
Protasis n. pl. prot·a·ses (-sz)
Grammar. The dependent clause of a conditional sentence, as if it rains in The
game will be canceled if it rains.
The first part of an ancient Greek or Roman drama, in which the characters and
subject are introduced.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Late Latin, proposition, first part of a play, from Greek, premise of a syllogism,
conditional clause, from proteinein, prota-, to propose : pro-, forward; see pro-2 +
teinein, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European Roots.]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------pro·tatic (pr-ttk, pr-) adj.
Prelection intr.v. pre·lect·ed, pre·lect·ing, pre·lects
To lecture or discourse in public.
Semplasy
Thane = • noun 1 (in Anglo-Saxon England) a man granted land by the king or a
nobleman, ranking between a freeman and a hereditary noble. 2 (in Scotland) a
man who held land from a Scottish king and ranked with an earl’s son.
— ORIGIN Old English, servant, soldier.
Synodic = synodic
/sinoddik/
• adjective Astronomy relating to or involving a conjunction.
— ORIGIN Greek sunodikos, from sunodos (see SYNOD).
Ding an sich = the thing in itself
Canescent =
Lusus naturae = Lusus naturae
lus.us
VPAR 3 1 NOM S M PERF PASSIVE PPL
ludo, ludere, lusi, lusus V
play, mock, tease, trick;
lus.us
N
4 1 NOM S M
lus.us
N
4 1 GEN S M
lus.us
N
4 1 NOM P M
lus.us
N
4 1 ACC P M
lusus, lusus N M
play; game, sport; amusement; amorous sport;
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nat.urae
VPAR 3 1 GEN S F FUT ACTIVE PPL
nat.urae
VPAR 3 1 DAT S F FUT ACTIVE PPL
nat.urae
VPAR 3 1 NOM P F FUT ACTIVE PPL
nascor, nasci, natus sum V DEP
be born/begotten/formed/destined; rise (stars), dawn; start, originate; arise;
be produced spontaneously, come into existance/being; spring forth, grow; live
natur.ae
N
1 1 GEN S F
natur.ae
N
1 1 DAT S F
natur.ae
N
1 1 NOM P F
natura, naturae N F
nature; birth; character;
Epitatic (epitasis) = Main Entry: epit·a·sis
Pronunciation: i-'pi-t&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural epit·a·ses /-"sEz/
Etymology: Greek, increased intensity, from epiteinein to stretch tighter, from epi- +
teinein to stretch -- more at THIN
: the part of a play developing the main action and leading to the catastrophe
Hemean =
Thanatophilic = from (?)thanatology
/thann toll ji/
• noun the scientific study of death and practices associated with it.
— ORIGIN from Greek thanatos ‘death’.
Apothegm = apophthegm
/app them/ (US apothegm)
• noun a concise saying stating a general truth.
— ORIGIN Greek apothegma, from apophthengesthai ‘speak out’.
Syces = from (?) One entry found for syce.
Main Entry: syce
Pronunciation: 'sIs
Function: noun
Etymology: Hindi sAIs, from Arabic sA'is
: an attendant (as a groom) especially in India
Puericratic = combo of the following: Main Entry: pu·er·ile
Pronunciation: 'pyu(-&)r-&l, -"Il
Function: adjective
Etymology: French or Latin; French puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer boy, child;
akin to Sanskrit putra son, child and perhaps to Greek pais boy, child -- more at FEW
1 : JUVENILE
2 : CHILDISH, SILLY <puerile remarks>
- pu·er·ile·ly /-&(l)-lE, -"Il-lE/ adverb
- pu·er·il·i·ty /"pyu(-&)r-'i-l&-tE/ noun
Main Entry: -crat
Function: noun combining form
Etymology: French -crate, back-formation from -cratie -cracy
1 : advocate or partisan of a (specified) theory of government <theocrat>
2 : member of a (specified) dominant class <plutocrat>
- -cratic adjective combining form
Oneirically = Adv form of: oneiric
/ nirik/
• adjective formal relating to dreams or dreaming.
— ORIGIN from Greek oneiros ‘dream’.
Angekok = An Angekok was an Inuit person who had special powers. The Angekok
was special because they could talk to the spirits. Often the Angekok was able to
heal cuts or sores and sick people through talking with the spirits. the Angekok also
was able to talk to the weather spirits. With such special powers the Angekok was
an important person to the Inuit people.
Entelechy = Main Entry: en·tel·e·chy
Pronunciation: en-'te-l&-kE, inFunction: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -chies
Etymology: Late Latin entelechia, from Greek entelecheia, from entelEs complete
(from en- 2en- + telos end) + echein to have -- more at WHEEL, SCHEME
1 : the actualization of form-giving cause as contrasted with potential existence
2 : a hypothetical agency not demonstrable by scientific methods that in some
vitalist doctrines is considered an inherent regulating and directing force in the
development and functioning of an organism
Ptotic = Ptotic (Droopy) A medical term generally applied to mammary glands
Obeah = obeah
/obi / (also obi)
• noun a kind of sorcery practised especially in the Caribbean.
— ORIGIN Akan.
Trypanosomic = adj form of: Main Entry: try·pano·some
Pronunciation: tri-'pa-n&-"sOm
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Trypanosoma, from Greek trypanon auger + New Latin -soma some -- more at TREPAN
: any of a genus (Trypanosoma) of parasitic flagellate protozoans that infest the
blood of various vertebrates including humans, are usually transmitted by the bite
of an insect, and include some that cause serious disease (as sleeping sickness)
dal
segn.i
segn.i
Dal segni = (?)dal segni
======== UNKNOWN
ADJ 3 2 DAT S X POS
ADJ 3 2 ABL S X POS
segnis, segne, segnior -or -us, segnissimus -a -um ADJ
slow, sluggish, torpid, inactive; slothful, unenergetic; slow moving, slow;
Intaglial = adj form of (?)Main Entry: in·ta·glio
Pronunciation: in-'tal-(")yO, -'täl-; -'ta-glE-"O, -'täFunction: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -glios
Etymology: Italian, from intagliare to engrave, cut, from Medieval Latin intaliare,
from Latin in- + Late Latin taliare to cut -- more at TAILOR
1 a : an engraving or incised figure in stone or other hard material depressed below
the surface so that an impression from the design yields an image in relief b : the
art or process of executing intaglios c : printing (as in die stamping and gravure)
done from a plate in which the image is sunk below the surface
2 : something (as a gem) carved in intaglio
Catastatic = adj form of:
ca·tas·ta·sis
PRONUNCIATION:
k -t s t -s s
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. ca·tas·ta·ses (-s z )
1. The intensified part of the action directly preceding the
catastrophe in classical tragedy. 2. The climax of a drama.
ETYMOLOGY: Greek katastasis, settled state, from kathistanai, to come into a
certain state : kat-, kata-, cata- + histanai, to set; see st - in
Appendix I.
Demotic = demotic
/dimottik/
• adjective 1 (of language) used by ordinary people; colloquial. 2 relating to
demotic Greek.
• noun 1 the form of modern Greek used in everyday speech and writing. 2
demotic language.
— ORIGIN Greek demotikos, from demos ‘the people’.
Laius = Main Entry: La·ius
Pronunciation: 'lA-&s, 'lI-&s
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek Laïos
: a king of Thebes slain by his son Oedipus in fulfillment of an oracle
Phlogistive = Adj of (?) Main Entry: phlo·gis·ton
Pronunciation: -t&n
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, neuter of phlogistos inflammable, from
phlogizein to set on fire, from phlog-, phlox flame, from phlegein
: the hypothetical principle of fire regarded formerly as a material substance
Extrorse = Main Entry: ex·trorse
Pronunciation: 'ek-"strors
Function: adjective
Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin extrorsus, from Late Latin, adverb,
outward, from Latin extra- + -orsus (as in introrsus) -- more at INTRORSE
: facing outward <an extrorse anther>