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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Eudaemonism


First known use 1827.A theory that the highest ethical goal is happiness and personal well being.
A system of ethics that evaluates actions in terms of their capacity to produce happiness.
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Aa: Ablutions

ablutions
plural noun washing, bathing, wash, bath, showering, toilet, cleansing, scrubbing, purification, lavation He spent about 15 minutes doing his daily ablutions.
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Her bridal adornments, it is true, at first caused some little dismay, having painted and anointed herself for the occasion according to the Chinook toilet; by dint, however, of copious ablutions, she was freed from all adventitious tint and fragrance, and entered into the nuptial state, the cleanest princess that had ever been known, of the somewhat unctuous tribe of the Chinooks.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Pp: Permaculture


n.
A system of perennial agriculture emphasizing the use of renewable natural resources and the enrichment of local ecosystems.


perma·cultur·ist, perma·cultur·al·ist n.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Vv-Veracity:


n. pl. ve·rac·i·ties
1. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness. See Synonyms at truth.
2. Conformity to fact or truth; accuracy or precision: a report of doubtful veracity.
3. Something that is true.

[Medieval Latin vrcits, from Latin vrx, vrc-, true; see veracious.]

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In Context:
As public interest was in question, and transatlantic communications suffered, their veracity could not be doubted.20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules

Monday, December 7, 2009

Ss: simulacrum


from the Latin simulacrum which means "likeness, similarity",[1] is first recorded in the English language in the late 16th century, used to describe a representation of another thing, such as a statue or a painting, especially of a god; by the late 19th century, it had gathered a secondary association of inferiority: an image without the substance or qualities of the original.[2] Philosopher Frederic Jameson offers photorealism as an example of artistic simulacrum, where a painting is created by copying a photograph that is itself a copy of the real.[3] Other art forms that play with simulacra include Trompe l'oeil,[4] Pop Art, Italian neorealism and the French New Wave.[5]

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Cc:Curmudgeon



cur·mudg·eon
(kr-mjn)
n.
An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.

[Origin unknown.]

cur·mudgeon·ly adj.
cur·mudgeon·ry n.

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Word in Context:
And the prince or nobleman must be a very stingy curmudgeon, to be sure, if, at least, when his own dinner was over, he would not bid them welcome to the broken victuals from the table.Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel



I can't hide, no
On the mantle
I'm not sad
Until I'm home

It's the season
I'm all reason
I have seen
All I have grown

Sheared at the seams
Cheat on me
And not seen
At the seams

I'm a lender
I'm a planter
I put something
In the garden

In the handle
On the mantle
I met Santa
I met God

I'm a lady
Can you save me?
It's the sulfur
I have grown

'Tis the season
I'm all reason
I have fleas
So run on home

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Pp: Physiognomy


1.
a. The art of judging human character from facial features.
b. Divination based on facial features.
2.
a. Facial features, especially when regarded as revealing character.
b. Aspect and character of an inanimate or abstract entity: the physiognomy of New England.

[Middle English phisonomie, from Old French phisionomie, from Late Latin physiognmia, from Greek phusiognmi, variant of phusiognmoni : phusio-, physio- + gnmn, gnmon-, interpreter; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]

physi·og·nomic (-g-nmk, --nmk), physi·og·nomi·cal (--kl) adj.
physi·og·nomi·cal·ly adv.
physi·ogno·mist n.

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We were then, for reasons which it is not worth while to specify, in the close neighbourhood of Kerguelen Land; and now, when I open an atlas and look at the tiny dots on the map of the Southern Ocean, I see as if engraved upon the paper the enraged physiognomy of that gale.The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph