“Ancient commentators distinguish between [Aristotle’s] esoteric and exoteric writings -- the former were highly technical pieces, written for use within the school, and the latter well-crafted pieces for public consumption.” Jeremy Stangroom & James Garvey; The Great Philosophers; Arcturus; 2015.
Home This week's theme Words to drop into conversations with a therapist This week's words trichotillomania cathexis arctophile symbiosis nisus acedia thanatophobia Previous week’s theme Unusual, esoteric, preposterous words A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg Do you have trouble verbalizing yourself to your psychologist? Do you find ...
Few are worthy of such esoteric knowledge. OK, we said that because we don’t understand it ourselves. But in good conscience we can’t leave you stranded and uninformed. So we recruited AI to explain it (see the image on the right). Enjoy. See more usage examples of diachrony in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
Words that are unusual, picturesque, whimsical, esoteric, or intriguing. And like all the creatures in this world, these words serve a purpose (as shown by the accompanying citations).
A.Word.A.Day--dingle It's that time of the year again when we feature odds and ends. One-of-a-kind words. Words that are unusual, picturesque, whimsical, esoteric, or intriguing. And like all the creatures in this world, this week's words serve a purpose (as shown by their accompanying citations). They make our verbal universe richer and more diverse. So here they are. We've coaxed them out of ...
Slowly they take over and we realize we need words with even greater potency, words that are unusual, esoteric, or even preposterous, to get a still greater high. Are you one of those for whom the dictionary might be better characterized as addictionary? Help is at hand. Consider this week's words as extra high doses of your daily fix.