Phonetic Spelling: AJ-i-tuh Part(s) of Speech: noun Meaning(s): Agitation; anxiety. Heartburn; indigestion. Example: And my being named after the patron saint of love, St. Valentine, when I’ve had nothing but agita in romance just makes it more painfully ironic. — Rosanna […]
Phonetic Spelling: hah-mahr-TEE-uh Part(s) of Speech: noun Meaning(s): Tragic flaw. Example: What is Oedipus’ hamartia that leads to his self-fulfilling self-reversal? — Laszlo Versényi, Man’s Measure We called it by many different things, such as hubris or […]
Phonetic Spelling: YOO-til Part(s) of Speech: adjective Meaning(s): Useful Example: They have been accredited variously to the respective signs of the Zodiac, but to the end that resultant opinions have failed to be utile value. […]
Phonetic Spelling: THET-ik Part(s) of Speech: adjective Meaning(s): Positive; dogmatic. Example: Thetic constructions, on the other hand, are not subject to this sort of contextual requirements. — Andreas Dufter and Daniel […]
Phonetic Spelling: kuh-THOL-i-kuhn Part(s) of Speech: noun Meaning(s): A universal remedy; panacea. Example: And then they sweep out again, leaving the fevered peasants their catholicon of faith, while, overhead, vultures ebonize the sky. […]
Phonetic Spelling: fi-DOO-shuhl Part(s) of Speech: adjective Meaning(s): Based on or having trust: fiducial dependence upon God. Accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature. Example: […]