DAFFADOWNDILLY
[noun]
an archaic and poetic variation for daffodil, a yellow or white spring flower.
Etymology: alteration of daffodil; unexplained variant of Middle English affodile < Vulgar Latin affodillus, variant of asphodelus < Greek asphódelos, “asphodel”.
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PLUVIAL
[adjective]
1. of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy.
2. Geology:
occurring through the action of rain.[noun]
3. Geology: a
rainy period formerly regarded as coeval with a glacial age, but now recognised
as episodic and, in the tropics, as characteristic of interglacial ages.Etymology: from
Latin pluviālis, “rainy”, from pluvial, “rain”.
OCULUS
[noun]
1. an eye.
2. Architecture: a circular opening, especially one at the apex of a dome.
3. Archaeology: a design representing an eye, as on funerary pottery found in megalithic tombs of Europe.
Etymology: Latin, “an eye”.
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TERATOLOGY
[noun]
1. Cryptozoology: the study of monsters.
2. Biology: the science or study of monstrosities or abnormal formations in organisms.
Etymology: from Greek téras, “monster, marvel” + –logia, from logos, “word”.
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COADUNATION
[noun]
union into a single body or mass; unity.
Etymology: from Latin coadunatio.
NEMOPHILIST
[noun]
one who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
Etymology: from Latin nemoralis, from nemus, nemoris, “a wood or grove” + Greek philia, “love”.
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OUROBOROS
[noun]
a circular symbol of a snake or dragon devouring its tail, representing infinity, wholeness or the continuous cycle of life and death; also written uroboros.
Etymology: from Ancient Greek οὐροβόρος (ourobóros, “tail-devouring”).
PSITTACISM
[noun]
mechanical, repetitive, and meaningless speech, i.e. mere parroting, parrotry, repetition without reasoning.
Etymology: from French psittacisme (Liebnitz, 1765) or German psittazismus, from Latin psittacus, “parrot”.
MULTIVERSE
[noun]
the hypothetical set of multiple possible universes (including the historical universe we consistently experience) that together comprise everything that exists and can exist: the entirety of space, time, matter and energy as well as the physical laws and constants that describe them. An infinite realm of being or potential being of which the universe is regarded as a part or instance.
Etymology: based on universe, from Latin multi, combining form of multus, ”much, many” + verse, from versus, “turned”.
APPERCEPTION
[noun]
1. conscious perception with full awareness; the act or faculty of consciously apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
2. the act or process of apperceiving; to comprehend (a new idea) by assimilation with the sum of one’s previous knowledge and experience.
Etymology: from the Latin, ad- “to, toward” and percipere “to perceive, gain, secure, learn, or feel”.
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