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Word of The Day for Thursday, June 30, 2011. Qui•es•cent (kwee-ES-uhnt, kwahy-) adj. 1 marked by inactivity or repose. 2 causing no trouble or symptoms. 1605; from L. quiescens. Rest, quiet", from PIE base * qwi. Is from 1630s; quiesce. Is used in English from 1828. Inactive, dormant, fallow, idle, immobile, inert, inoperative, motionless, passive, quiet, still, calm, placid, reposeful, reposing, restful, tranquil, undisturbed. Quiet, acquiesce, requiem. And my conscience justified me in the attempt; tho...
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Word of The Day for Saturday, May 21, 2011. Sci•en•ter (sy-EN-tuhr). Knowledge of one's own illegal acts; intent. Latin, lit. "knowingly," from sciens. To know" adv. suffix - ter. Prescience, science, nescience. 8226; If he keeps a dog the animal may have his first bite at his neighbour free of expense, and when he gets to hear about it he can send the dog away. But with a wife there is no question of scienter. 8226; "What evidence have you to that effect? Exclaimed the judge. "That is it! Wrathfully dem...
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Word of The Day for Friday, July 1, 2011. Sap•id (SAP-id) adj. 1 perceptible to the sense of taste; having flavor. 2 having a strong pleasant flavor; savory. 3 pleasing to the mind; engaging. 1623; from L. sapidus. 8220;savory,” from sapere. To taste, have taste, be wise," from PIE base * sep. To taste, perceive". Savory, palatable, tasty, delectable, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing. Sapient, insipid, sage, savant, savvy. 8226; Butter-soft and sapid. Limburger has brought gustatory. Fish—whatever ...
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Word of The Day for Saturday, October 16, 2010. U•bi•e•ty (yoo- bahy. The property of having a definite location at any given time; state of existing and being localized in space. 8226; And so every anecdote in Northern Ireland has to come accompanied by its refutation. One person will tell a story pointing up the ubiety. Of the sectarian divide, and how both groups can instantly identify one another and then someone else will chime up and say: but what about so-and-so. 8226;Nagle’s Moral Nuisances...
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Word of The Day for Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Fro•ward (FROH-werd, FROH-erd) adj. Willfully contrary; not easily managed. 1150–1200; O.E. fromweard. Turned from or away," from from. Opposite of toward, it renders L. pervertus. In early translations of the Psalms, and also meant "about to depart, departing," and "doomed to die". Afterward, toward, backward, awkward, steward, forward, untoward. Youth, have stumbled along to become the cynosure. 8226; The froward. Fellow put his fingers to his lips, as the lit...
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Word of The Day for Monday, October 18, 2010. Per•si•flage ( pur. 1 light, bantering talk or writing; light raillery. 2 a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject. Banter, badinage, jesting. Hissing, related the s. But we must look deeper. So-called persiflage is often but the mask with which irony screens the wounded heart. 1884. 8226;'All right,' he said, looking up with sudden exasperation. 'Now go away then, and leave me alone. I don't want any more of your meretricious persiflage. Not to be...
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Word of The Day for Friday, December 24, 2010. Cyn•o•sure (SAHY-nuh-shoor, SIN-uh-) n. 1 a center of attraction or attention. 2 one that serves to direct or guide. 3 the northern constellation Ursa Minor; also : north star. 1565; from M.Fr. cynosure. 16c), from L. Cynosura. Lit "dog's tail," the constellation (now Ursa Minor) containing the North Star, the focus of navigation, from Gk. kynosoura. Lit "dog's tail," from kyon. Of all observing eyes. -Stephen A. Douglas, Allen Johnson. Hey, guys," she said ...
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Word of The Day for Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Mac•a•rism ( mak. 1 pleasure in or praise of another's joy; a beatitude. 2 the practice of making others happy through praise and felicitation. 8226; If we consider such typical examples of macarism as the Beatitudes, or again such proverbial expressions as "Happy is the bride that the sun shines on; happy are the dead that the rain rains on", we can surely see that these sentences are not used to convey propositions. 1980. From the Greek makarismos. Double c...
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Word of The Day for Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Jen•tac•u•lar (jen-TAK-yuh-luhr) adj. Of or relating to breakfast, especially a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up. 8220;a breakfast taken immediately on getting up” and English - ar. 8226; He rode his favourite hobby of gardening, and took his regular 'ante- jentacular. Walks, and played battledore and shuttlecock in the intervals of codification. -The English Utilitarians, Leslie Stephen. Posted by Jim Gepp. Based on a work at...
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Phytoplankton and cobwebs – a minimalist map of New Zealand « fog on water
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Data experiments and words. Phytoplankton and cobwebs – a minimalist map of New Zealand. April 30, 2013. Flying home on a clear night, darkness hides New Zealand’s small size. The hills, fields and forests fade away and all that remains is an endless black expanse punctuated by tiny pools of light. You can get lost looking out the window of an aeroplane. These maps are an attempt to share what I see from an aeroplane window. Data This dataset “. Central North Island bounded by Taupo in the southwest, Tau...
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