Word Of The Day....

I like words that in themselves convey contrary impressions in different tenses.

Dandy:

noun

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   a man unduly devoted to style, neatness, and fashion in dress and appearance.
   
   
   synonyms:
   
   fop, man about town, glamour boy, rake; More
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   informaldated
   an excellent thing of its kind.
   "this umbrella is a dandy"
   
   
   

adjective

1. 
   
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   NORTH AMERICANinformal
   excellent.
   "upgrading seemed a dandy idea"
   
   
   
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   relating to or characteristic of a dandy.
   
   
   

 

reductionism
[ri-duhk-shuh-niz-uh m]


noun 1.
the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.

2.
the practice of simplifying a complex idea, issue, condition, or the like, especially to the point of minimizing, obscuring, or distorting it.

 

Unison Bend

In music theory parlance, 'unison' refers to two examples of exactly the same note being played at the same time. So, when you're playing a unison bend, one of the two unison notes will be created with a string bend.

As you bend the string the pitch of the note you're playing gets gradually higher, and this is a good way to add variety and colour to your lead playing. The trickiest part with unison bends is playing a second example of the note you're bending up to.

 

endian

data, architecture
Suffix used in the terms big-endian and little-endian that describe the ordering of bytes in a multi-byte number.
The term comes from Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" via the famous paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI IEN 137, 1980-04-01.
The Lilliputians, being very small, had correspondingly small political problems. The Big-Endian and Little-Endian parties debated over whether soft-boiled eggs should be opened at the big end or the little end.

 

cel·a·don


/ˈseləˌdän/


noun

noun: celadon





a willow-green color.

"paneling painted in celadon green"


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a gray-green glaze used on pottery, especially that from China.


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pottery made with celadon glaze.

plural noun: celadons

 

ball·cock

ˈbôlkäk/

noun
a valve that automatically fills a tank after liquid has been drawn from it. Used, for example, in a flush toilet, a ballcock has a float on the end of a pivoting arm that opens the valve when the arm drops.

 

trep·i·da·tion

ˌtrepəˈdāSH(ə)n/

noun

1.

a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.

"the men set off in fear and trepidation"

synonyms:fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness, fright, agitation, anxiety, worry, nervousness, tension, misgivings, unease, uneasiness, foreboding, disquiet, dismay, consternation, alarm, panic.....

 

floc·ci·nau·ci·ni·hil·i·pil·i·fi·ca·tion


/ˌfläksəˌnôsəˌnīˌhiləˌpiləfiˈkāSHən/


noun

noun: floccinaucinihilipilification





the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. (The word is used chiefly as a curiosity.).



Origin



mid 18th century: from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning ‘at little value’) + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Latin Grammar used at Eton College, an English public school.









Use over time for: floccinaucinihilipilification





Translations, word origin, and more definitions

and at one time, known to be longest word in oxford dictionary....

 

tech·ne·ti·um (tĕk-nē′shē-əm, -shəm)

n. Symbol Tc

A silvery-gray radioactive metal, the first synthetically produced element, having isotopes with masses ranging from 85 to 118 and half-lives up to 4.2 million years. It is principally used as a tracer in a variety of medical applications. It is a remarkable inhibitor of corrosion in steel, but this use is limited because of radioactivity hazards. Atomic number 43; melting point 2,157°C; boiling point 4,265°C; specific gravity 11.50 (calculated); valence 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7. See Periodic Table.

 

wow, i have no clue how to pronounce that!

 

chi·me·ra
\kī-ˈmir-ə, kə-\noun

Chimera : a monster from Greek mythology that breathes fire and has a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail

: something that exists only in the imagination and is not possible in reality

Full Definition

1

a capitalized :a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail

b :an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts

2

:an illusion or fabrication of the mind;especially :an unrealizable dream <a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in my prayer — John Donne>

3

:an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution

Examples

Economic stability in that country is a chimera<a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye>

 

in•con•se•quen•tial
(ˌɪn kɒn sɪˈkwɛn ʃəl, ɪnˌkɒn-)

adj.
1. having little importance; trivial.
2. inconsequent; illogical.
3. irrelevant.

 

so·ci·o·path


/ˈsōsēōˌpaTH/


noun

noun: sociopath; plural noun: sociopaths





a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.

 

transcendent


Full Definition of TRANSCENDENT

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a : exceeding usual limits : surpassing
b : extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience
c in Kantian philosophy : being beyond the limits of all possible experience and knowledge

2

: being beyond comprehension

3

: transcending the universe or material existence — compare immanent 2

4

: universally applicable or significant <the antislavery movement…recognized the transcendent importance of liberty — L. H. Tribe>

— tran·scen·dent·ly adverb

Examples of TRANSCENDENT

<a firm belief in angels, demons, and other transcendent beings><the star player's transcendent performance helped the team to a surprise victory>[/font]

 

grandiose: seeming to be impressive or intended to be impressive but not really possible or practical

 

scatology
1: interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature
2: the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet)

 

bumfuzzle









transitive verb bum·fuz·zle \¦bəm¦fəzəl\



Definition of BUMFUZZLE
chiefly dialectal

: confuse, perplex, fluster

 

ob·vi·ate
\ˈäb-vē-ˌāt\verb

: to make (something) no longer necessary : to prevent or avoid (something)

Full Definition

ob·vi·at·edob·vi·at·ing

transitive verb

:to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)

— ob·vi·a·tion \ˌäb-vē-ˈā-shən\noun

Examples

The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery.The new treatment obviates many of the risks associated with surgery.

Origin

Synonym

 

deprecate
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dep·re·cate
(dĕp′rĭ-kāt′)
tr.v. de·pre·cat·ed, de·pre·cat·ing, de·pre·cates
1. To express disapproval of; deplore.
2. To belittle; depreciate.
3. Computers To mark (a component of a software standard) as obsolete to warn against its use in the future so that it may be phased out.

 

reconcile
restore friendly relations between