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Good morning! Today we’re bringing back Word of the Day for good!
In honor of my Mexican & Greek roots and my favorite holiday (Halloween & Day of the Dead) coming up, we’re going to start with some macabre.
Thanatopsis [than-uh-top-sis] :noun:
Meaning: a view, contemplation, or meditation on the subject of death; also (initial capital letter, italics) a poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.
Synonyms: Lament, Dirge, Elegy, Requiem, Monody, Threnody, Epicedium, Coronach, Knell, Mourning
Etymology: Thanat(o) is the combining form of thanatos meaning "death" or “the personification of death” in Greek; opsis from the Greek óopsis meaning "appearance” or “sight."
See also Thanatos, Thanatology, Euthanize.
“Thanatopsis,” by William Cullen Bryant as printed by The Poetry Foundation
To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart;— Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature’s teachings, while from all around— Earth and her waters, and the depths of air— Comes a still voice— Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world—with kings, The powerful of the earth—the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean’s gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.—Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings—yet the dead are there: And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep—the dead reign there alone. So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men, The youth in life’s green spring, and he who goes In the full strength of years, matron and maid, The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man— Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Stanovich (2009) coined the term „dysrationalia” to describe the inability to think and behave rationally despite having adequate intelligence. Similar to the examples in the introduction, the irrational beliefs often take form of the epistemically suspect beliefs (ESB
Example: pick any Trumpian legal argument consisting of mostly nonsensical pretzel logic.
Meaning: Speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner.
Synonyms: Bombastic, Pompous, Highfalutin etc.
Etymology: Magnus means "great" in Latin; loqui is a Latin verb meaning "to speak." Combine the two and you get magniloquus, the Latin predecessor of magniloquent.
(n) particularly pertaining to fatigue or drowsiness, as when waking up after sleep
From the 1610s
Bonus:
from past-participle stem of Latin pandiculari "to stretch oneself," from pandere "to stretch" (from nasalized form of PIE root petə- "to spread").
Also eudemonic; from the Greek word eudaimonikos. First recorded usage in the early 1800s.
Bonus:
eu is a word forming element meaning “good, well”; originating from the Greek word eus
daimon is a transliteration of Greek daimōn, meaning “lesser god, guiding spirit, tutelary deity” (also related to demon)
dramaturgy
n
I think this kind of dramaturgy difficult to plan ahead in a concept stage of a game.
tergiversation
PRONUNCIATION:
(tuhr-ji-vuhr-SAY-shuhn)
Misleading, evasive, or ambiguous speech or action.
Desertion of a party, position, cause, etc.
Erudite
adjective
having or containing a lot of knowledge that is known by very few people: possessing or displaying erudition
A person with extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books : profound, recondite, or bookish learning
"The most erudite people in medical research attended the conference".
Cloying
adjective
disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess, unpleasantly excessive.
excessively sweet or sentimental, expressing feelings of love or kindness in a way that is annoying because it does not seem real
"The cloyingly sweet candy was so sugary that it culled the children's desire after a few sickening bites."
"She criticized the overly cloying sentimentality of the romance movie."
Veracity
noun
Consistency with truth; agreement with actual fact: as, the veracity of the senses.
That which is true; that in which truth inheres; also, abstract truth.
Power of conveying or perceiving truth
"Officials expressed doubts concerning the veracity of the story".
defenestration [ dee-fen-uh-strey-shuhn ] noun
the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window:
the act of suddenly removing someone from an important position or office:
Putin will just commit suicide by forcefully pushing himself out a window.
de·sid·er·a·tum/dəˌzidəˈrädəm/ 📷Learn to pronounce
nounplural noun: desiderata
me·lan·geur | \ ˌmāˌläⁿˈzhər(‧), -änˈjər(‧) \
plural -s
: a power-driven machine in which chocolate paste is mixed with sugar and flavoring and reduced to a fine smooth consistency
maskirovka
(ˌmæskɪˈrɒvkə)
noun the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
Wasn't it outlined in "Hypernormalisation" that "non-linear warfare" was essentially Putin's strategy. Maybe an evolution of maskirovka or "deep battle".
Basically to "keep your opponent guessing".
Rasputitsa -
[Russian: 'season of bad roads']The brief period in spring when there is a rapid thaw of lying snow and frozen ground.
Yes, "rasputitsa" (распутица) means season of bad roads! Gotta get those tanks in Ukraine before the thaw.
Over a dozen Russian tanks stuck in the mud during military exercise in the Rostov Region that borders Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts).
https://defence-blog.com/over-a-dozen-russian-tanks-stuck-in-the-mud-during-military-exercise/
Schllack
v
I can't wait to get home and schllack.
kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. "low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen" synonyms: secret · stealthy · clandestine · secretive · sneaky · sly · furtive · concealed · hidden · undercover · covert · veiled · under the table · cloak-and-dagger · backstair · indirect · black
(of a person) at the point of death. "on examination she was moribund and dehydrated" synonyms: dying · expiring · on one's deathbed · near death · near the end · at death's door · breathing one's last · fading/sinking fast · [More] (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour. "the moribund commercial property market" synonyms: declining · in decline · on the decline · waning · dying · stagnating · stagnant · decaying · crumbling · atrophying · obsolescent · on its last legs · on the way out
synonyms: childbirth · giving birth · birth · birthing · delivery · labour · confinement · childbed · accouchement · travail
seminal [ˈsɛmɪn(ə)l] ADJECTIVE
strongly influencing later developments. "his seminal work on chaos theory"
synonyms: influential · formative · groundbreaking · pioneering · original · creative · innovative · imaginative · productive · major · important
relating to or denoting semen. "the spermatozoa are washed to separate them from the seminal plasma" synonyms: spermatic · sperm · seed · spermatozoal · spermatozoan
botany relating to or derived from the seed of a plant. "the seminal root system"
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(Chemistry) (of a liquid) giving off bubbles of gas; bubbling
high-spirited; vivacious
Definition of mien 1: air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality : DEMEANOR
of aristocratic mien
of somber mien
the mien of a choirboy