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use these words in daily speech, and you too can be a big asshole!

* apotropaic - greek ἀποτρέπω ("to ward off"), protective (especially in the sense of magic)

* thalweg - the line of lowest elevation within a waterway; typical division line between entities

* guyot - a flattopped underwater mountain

* soteriology - the theological study of salvation

* cruciarius - one who is crucified

* autothysis - suicidal altruism, when a eusocial animal explodes for the better of the hive

* murmuration - the collective movement of flocks of starlings, particularly during twilight

* psithurism - a soft, calming, and rustling noise caused by wind passing through leaves and branches

* salvific - pertaining to the power of redemption or salvation, particularly safety

* anfractuosity - the quality of being winding or turning, often the brain's sulci. from latin anfractus meaning "bend" or "coil"

* columbarium - a sepulchral vault with recesses in the walls for cinerary urns OR a home for pigeons

* ostrobogulous - strange, peculiar, indecent, or risqué

* strixology - writings about and theological study of witchcraft

* enantiosemy - an autoantonym or contranym

* gauzy - so thin as to admit light

* chaotropicity - entropic disordering of materials dissolved in water

* pococurante - an apathetic, indifferent person

* ventripotent - potbellied, gluttonous

* anxiogenic - causing anxiety

* hypnopompic - the period immediately preceding waking up

* congener - another element of the same group, usually taxonomic

* archiater - the personal physician to a monarch

* saponifiable - able to be converted into soap

* D'Nealian - a method of teaching handwriting using Latin (cursive) script

* astration - the incorporation of material into stellar formation

* hormesis - a biphasic dose response to an environmental agent characterized by a low dose stimulation or beneficial effect and a high dose inhibitory or toxic effect

* instauration - Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance obs: starting something new

* exenterate - to remove the bowels or entrails of something

* shturmovshchina (штурмовщина "last-minute rush") - frantic and overtime work at the end of a delivery cycle leading to products of low quality

* allodium - land held totally, as opposed to that held in serfdom

* exeleutherostomized - nonce word - to speak out freely, especially in an inappropriate moment

* chinoiserie - french--the European interpretation and imitation of East Asian artistic traditions, especially in decoration

* nyetovshchik - one who says nyet to prevailing opinion

* sirocco - a windstorm that lifts dust and dirt

* Fremdschämen - vicarious embarassment, to feel pain due to the shame of others

* tregetour - a juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate machinery

* Zeiosis (Zειω meaning "to boil over") - the formation of a bleb, blebbing

* gömböc - a convex 3D homogeneous body which, when resting on a flat surface, has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium.

* odobenine - of or pertaining to walruses

* lorgnette - a pair of spectacles with a handle

* zellige - Moroccan terra cotta tilework covered with enamel in the form of chips set into plaster.

* grawlix - a string of typographical symbols used to represent cursing, often in comic books

* puissant - having great power or influence

* cavil - to raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

* bombilate - to make a humming or buzzing noise

* nudiustertian - of or pertaining to the day before yesterday

* mithridatism - developing of immunity to a poison by taking gradually increasing doses

* Eigengrau - 'intrinsic grey', the color seen by the eye during total darkness

* hypnagogia - the deeply relaxed state of consciousness during the transition from wakefulness to sleep

* ''Rumspringa'' - a period of world-sampling for Amish youth upon turning 16, prior to returning to the church for baptism

* parquetry - a geometric mosaic of wood pieces used for decorative effect

* aposematism - coloring adapted to warn predators that something's unsafe to eat

* trencherman - one who eats and drinks to excess; a glutton

* catafalque - decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral

* prosopopoeia - rhetorical term for speaking in the guise of another person or thing, from Greek προσωποποιία

* ''yakinaoshi'' - Japanese, a meaningless rehash.

* ''mokusatsu'' - Japanese, to "treat with silent contempt" or literally "kill by silence".

** Used in reference to the ''Saikō sensō shidō kaigi'' (Supreme Council for the Direction of the War)'s response to the Potsdam Declaration.

* hieratical - of or associated with sacred persons or offices; sacerdotal.

* ''nous verrons'' - French, "we shall see"

* ''stormannsgalskap'' - Norwegian, "the madness of great men"

* allotrion - an idle pursuit that distracts from serious responsibilities

* costermonger - one who sells vegatables and fruits in the street

* pellulate - to swarm, or teem

* lucubrate - to laboriously perfect, especially by night

* octothorpe - term for the "hash sign" (#), sourced from telephone operators' jargon

* asperand - the '@' symbol ("at symbol")

* involution - something which turns in upon itself

* endorheic - a drainage basin not connected to the open sea

* oneiric - relating to or suggestive of dreams

* alluvium - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where it slows

* emersal - floating up toward the surface of (a body of) water

* fescue - a stick used to point when teaching reading OR a grass of importance for agriculture / sports

* ''moti mentali'' - 'motions of the mind' according to Renaissance Italian painters

* lambent - Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over

* purfling - Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument,

* brobdingnagian - having colossal, comical size (from the island Brobdingnag of ''Gulliver's Travels'')

* callipygian - pertaining to the finest ass in the land

* distaff - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

* tellurian - of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

* ''Rennomierschmiss'' - (facial) dueling scars, from 19th century Germanic dueling clubs

* palimpsest - a manuscript page from a scroll or book that has been scraped off and used again

* boustrophedonically - written in alternating directions

* ekphrasis - verbal description of a visual artwork

* ecphrasis - a sudden intense, self-contained verbal summary of an issue or art

* ''en passant'' - in passing, almost always with intentional reference to chess

* ''furor scribendi'' - rage for writing, a bout or attribute of compulsive and manic authorship

* lacunarity - measure of the denseness of a fractal (less is more dense/space-filling)

* trabeculation - formation of a small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane in the framework of an organelle

* sapient - acutely sagelike or wise

* acescency - the quality of actively turning sour, tart, and/or acidic

* ''sprezzatura'' - a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and effort (from Castiglione's ''Book of the Courtier'')

* murine - having to do with rats

* anodyne - a reliever of pain, adj: relieving of pain. anything taken to soothe disturbed feelings

* anosognosia - condition in which a sufferer of disability seems unaware of or denies its existence

* dirigiste - directed by a central authority (eg a dirigiste economy)

* contretemps - an unexpected, untoward accident/conflict; something inopportune or embarrassing

* ''Festschrift'' - a book honoring a respected academic, presented in their lifetime (vs. posthumous Gedenkschrift)

* nacreous - having the appearance of slick pearl; iridescent stratospheric clouds seen near the poles

* pareidolia - a psychological phenomenon perceiving significance in vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound)

* Tumah - a state of ritual impurity in Halakha (Jewish law)

* condottiere - leader of plundering mercenaries

* sehr einfallsreich - "very imaginative", used sarcastically -- an unimaginative but practical solution

* ''sehr einfallsreich'' - "very imaginative", used sarcastically -- an unimaginative but practical solution

* gravid - advanced with child, especially in the sense of an insect

* benthic - bottom-feeding, pertaining to the bottom of a body of water

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* casuistry - argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading OR

** moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas

* ~~lucanae~~ - missing parts, gaps

* lacunae - missing parts, gaps

* lummox - an awkward, bumbling, fat, stupid person

* myodesopsia - the perception of protein-based visual discrepancies ("floaters")

* Vernichtungsgedanke - the doctrine of swift annihilation of enemy forces

* ''Vernichtungsgedanke'' - the doctrine of swift annihilation of enemy forces

* zetetic - one who seeks to resolve unknown quantities by direct investigation

* intercalate - to insert between others, particularly periods of time, layers of rock, or stanzas

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* orotund - ostentatiously lofty in style, characterized by roundness

* enclitic - affixed at the end so as to lose its independent accent

* ~~etude~~ - a composition designed for study en route to technical mastery

* étude - a composition designed for study en route to technical mastery

* morceau - a bit, a morsel, a short literary or musical composition

* desuetude - the cessation of use, a state of inactivity

* kismet - destiny, fate, the will of Allah

* dies funestis - a proscribed day of death

* ''dies funestis'' - a proscribed day of death

* moira - the deity who assigns men their fates

* perorate - to conclude a speech with formal recapitulation, to harangue

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* poliorcetics - the art of siege warfare and fortification

* altricial - born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; hatchlings

* farraginous - Formed of various materials; mixed

* insessorial - Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds

* trichotillomania - tearing out one's own hair

* farrago - a mishmash of things

* farrago - a mishmash of things adj: farraginous

* obstreperous - Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; vociferous

* opprobrium - a state of disgrace, odium, public dishonor

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* bedizenment - the state of being dressed tawdrily; that which bedizens

* velleity - lowest wish, with no accompanying effort

* esprit d' escalier - thinking of a witty rejoinder after the fact

* ''esprit d' escalier'' - thinking of a witty rejoinder after the fact

* trenchant - cutting, sharp, fit to dig a trench

* griffonage - illegible handwriting

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* vaticinate - foretell as through prophecy

* graveolent - having a rank smell

* bien pensant - acceptance of a fashionable or newly mainstream idea without critical thought

* ''bien pensant'' - acceptance of a fashionable or newly mainstream idea without critical thought

* rechauffe - something made up from old material; a rehash, rewarmed food

* tergiversating - to use evasions, to change sides, apostacy, equivocation

* glochidate - having barbs and bristles

* funicular - dependent on the tension of a cord

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* barbican - defensive hole in a castle through which forward attacks were made

* hyperborean - frigidly cold (from the ancient Greek people of the far north)

* comme il faut - behaving according to custom

* ''comme il faut'' - behaving according to custom

* consuetudinary - manual describing customs and practices of a sect

* sacerdotal - pertaining to priests and their divinely-inspired task

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* entrepot - a depository for goods on which import is not paid

* nosism - the use of 'we' in referring to oneself

* sprachgefühl - feeling for language; an instinctive appreciation for words and idioms that are linguistically appropriate

* ''sprachgefühl'' - feeling for language; an instinctive appreciation for words and idioms that are linguistically appropriate

* anodyne - anything taken to soothe disturbed feelings

* innominate - having no proper name when one would be expected

* corsucate - to glitter in flashes

* eutectic - of greatest fusibility: an alloy whose melting point is lower than that of any other alloy of the same ingredients.

* lettre-fertis - 'man marked by letters' - pretender to learning

* ''lettre-fertis'' - 'man marked by letters' - pretender to learning

* contumely - a debasement ; a rudeness and haughtiness

* odalisque - a female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan

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* hypocoristic - a lesser name of the given name

* saccadic - jumpy like the movements of an eye

* ecphrasis - a sudden intense, self-contained verbal summary of an issue or art

* amanuensis - one who is employed to take diction or copy another's words

* tergiversate - to use ambiguities and evasions, to equivocate, or to change sides/apostatize

* autonomasy - use of a common word to refer to a particular: "gone to town" for "gone to Atlanta"

==Morphism terminology==

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+use these words in daily speech, and you too can be a big asshole!
+* apotropaic - greek ἀποτρέπω ("to ward off"), protective (especially in the sense of magic)
+* thalweg - the line of lowest elevation within a waterway; typical division line between entities
+* guyot - a flattopped underwater mountain
+* soteriology - the theological study of salvation
+* cruciarius - one who is crucified
+* autothysis - suicidal altruism, when a eusocial animal explodes for the better of the hive
+* murmuration - the collective movement of flocks of starlings, particularly during twilight
+* psithurism - a soft, calming, and rustling noise caused by wind passing through leaves and branches
+* salvific - pertaining to the power of redemption or salvation, particularly safety
+* anfractuosity - the quality of being winding or turning, often the brain's sulci. from latin <i>anfractus</i> meaning "bend" or "coil"
+* columbarium - a sepulchral vault with recesses in the walls for cinerary urns OR a home for pigeons
+* ostrobogulous - strange, peculiar, indecent, or risqué
+* strixology - writings about and theological study of witchcraft
+* enantiosemy - an autoantonym or contranym
+* gauzy - so thin as to admit light
+* chaotropicity - entropic disordering of materials dissolved in water
+* pococurante - an apathetic, indifferent person
+* ventripotent - potbellied, gluttonous
+* anxiogenic - causing anxiety
+* hypnopompic - the period immediately preceding waking up
+* congener - another element of the same group, usually taxonomic
+* archiater - the personal physician to a monarch
+* saponifiable - able to be converted into soap
+* D'Nealian - a method of teaching handwriting using Latin (cursive) script
+* astration - the incorporation of material into stellar formation
+* hormesis - a biphasic dose response to an environmental agent characterized by a low dose stimulation or beneficial effect and a high dose inhibitory or toxic effect
+* instauration - Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance <i>obs:</i> starting something new
+* exenterate - to remove the bowels or entrails of something
+* shturmovshchina (<i>штурмовщина</i> "last-minute rush") - frantic and overtime work at the end of a delivery cycle leading to products of low quality
+* allodium - land held totally, as opposed to that held in serfdom
+* exeleutherostomized - nonce word - to speak out freely, especially in an inappropriate moment
+* chinoiserie - french--the European interpretation and imitation of East Asian artistic traditions, especially in decoration
+* nyetovshchik - one who says <i>nyet</i> to prevailing opinion
+* sirocco - a windstorm that lifts dust and dirt
+* Fremdschämen - vicarious embarassment, to feel pain due to the shame of others
+* tregetour - a juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate machinery
+* Zeiosis (Zειω meaning "to boil over") - the formation of a bleb, blebbing
+* gömböc - a convex 3D homogeneous body which, when resting on a flat surface, has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium.
+* odobenine - of or pertaining to walruses
+* lorgnette - a pair of spectacles with a handle
+* zellige - Moroccan terra cotta tilework covered with enamel in the form of chips set into plaster.
+* grawlix - a string of typographical symbols used to represent cursing, often in comic books
+* puissant - having great power or influence
+* cavil - to raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
+* bombilate - to make a humming or buzzing noise
+* nudiustertian - of or pertaining to the day before yesterday
+* mithridatism - developing of immunity to a poison by taking gradually increasing doses
+* Eigengrau - 'intrinsic grey', the color seen by the eye during total darkness
+* hypnagogia - the deeply relaxed state of consciousness during the transition from wakefulness to sleep
+* ''Rumspringa'' - a period of world-sampling for Amish youth upon turning 16, prior to returning to the church for baptism
+* parquetry - a geometric mosaic of wood pieces used for decorative effect
+* aposematism - coloring adapted to warn predators that something's unsafe to eat
+* trencherman - one who eats and drinks to excess; a glutton
+* catafalque - decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral
+* prosopopoeia - rhetorical term for speaking in the guise of another person or thing, from Greek προσωποποιία
+* ''yakinaoshi'' - Japanese, a meaningless rehash.
+* ''mokusatsu'' - Japanese, to "treat with silent contempt" or literally "kill by silence".
+** Used in reference to the ''Saikō sensō shidō kaigi'' (Supreme Council for the Direction of the War)'s response to the Potsdam Declaration.
+* hieratical - of or associated with sacred persons or offices; sacerdotal.
+* ''nous verrons'' - French, "we shall see"
+* ''stormannsgalskap'' - Norwegian, "the madness of great men"
+* allotrion - an idle pursuit that distracts from serious responsibilities
+* costermonger - one who sells vegatables and fruits in the street
+* pellulate - to swarm, or teem
+* lucubrate - to laboriously perfect, especially by night
+* octothorpe - term for the "hash sign" (#), sourced from telephone operators' jargon
+* asperand - the '@' symbol ("at symbol")
+* involution - something which turns in upon itself
+* endorheic - a drainage basin not connected to the open sea
+* oneiric - relating to or suggestive of dreams
+* alluvium - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where it slows
+* emersal - floating up toward the surface of (a body of) water
+* fescue - a stick used to point when teaching reading OR a grass of importance for agriculture / sports
+* ''moti mentali'' - 'motions of the mind' according to Renaissance Italian painters
+* lambent - Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over
+* purfling - Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument,
+* brobdingnagian - having colossal, comical size (from the island Brobdingnag of ''Gulliver's Travels'')
+* callipygian - pertaining to the finest ass in the land
+* distaff - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
+* tellurian - of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
+* ''Rennomierschmiss'' - (facial) dueling scars, from 19th century Germanic dueling clubs
+* palimpsest - a manuscript page from a scroll or book that has been scraped off and used again
+* boustrophedonically - written in alternating directions
+* ekphrasis - verbal description of a visual artwork
+* ecphrasis - a sudden intense, self-contained verbal summary of an issue or art
+* ''en passant'' - in passing, almost always with intentional reference to chess
+* ''furor scribendi'' - rage for writing, a bout or attribute of compulsive and manic authorship
+* lacunarity - measure of the denseness of a fractal (less is more dense/space-filling)
+* trabeculation - formation of a small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane in the framework of an organelle
+* sapient - acutely sagelike or wise
+* acescency - the quality of actively turning sour, tart, and/or acidic
+* ''sprezzatura'' - a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and effort (from Castiglione's ''Book of the Courtier'')
+* murine - having to do with rats
+* anodyne - a reliever of pain, adj: relieving of pain. anything taken to soothe disturbed feelings
+* anosognosia - condition in which a sufferer of disability seems unaware of or denies its existence
+* dirigiste - directed by a central authority (eg a dirigiste economy)
+* contretemps - an unexpected, untoward accident/conflict; something inopportune or embarrassing
+* ''Festschrift'' - a book honoring a respected academic, presented in their lifetime (vs. posthumous Gedenkschrift)
+* nacreous - having the appearance of slick pearl; iridescent stratospheric clouds seen near the poles
+* pareidolia - a psychological phenomenon perceiving significance in vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound)
 * Tumah - a state of ritual impurity in Halakha (Jewish law)
 * condottiere - leader of plundering mercenaries
-* sehr einfallsreich - "very imaginative", used sarcastically -- an unimaginative but practical solution
+* ''sehr einfallsreich'' - "very imaginative", used sarcastically -- an unimaginative but practical solution
 * gravid - advanced with child, especially in the sense of an insect
 * benthic - bottom-feeding, pertaining to the bottom of a body of water
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 * casuistry - argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading OR
 ** moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
-* lucanae - missing parts, gaps
+* lacunae - missing parts, gaps
 * lummox - an awkward, bumbling, fat, stupid person
 * myodesopsia - the perception of protein-based visual discrepancies ("floaters")
-* Vernichtungsgedanke - the doctrine of swift annihilation of enemy forces
+* ''Vernichtungsgedanke'' - the doctrine of swift annihilation of enemy forces
 * zetetic - one who seeks to resolve unknown quantities by direct investigation
 * intercalate - to insert between others, particularly periods of time, layers of rock, or stanzas
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 * orotund - ostentatiously lofty in style, characterized by roundness
 * enclitic - affixed at the end so as to lose its independent accent
-* etude - a composition designed for study en route to technical mastery
+* étude - a composition designed for study en route to technical mastery
 * morceau - a bit, a morsel, a short literary or musical composition
 * desuetude - the cessation of use, a state of inactivity
 * kismet - destiny, fate, the will of Allah
-* dies funestis - a proscribed day of death
+* ''dies funestis'' - a proscribed day of death
 * moira - the deity who assigns men their fates
 * perorate - to conclude a speech with formal recapitulation, to harangue
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 * poliorcetics - the art of siege warfare and fortification
 * altricial - born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; hatchlings
-* farraginous - Formed of various materials; mixed
 * insessorial - Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds
 * trichotillomania - tearing out one's own hair
-* farrago - a mishmash of things
+* farrago - a mishmash of things adj: farraginous
 * obstreperous - Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; vociferous
 * opprobrium - a state of disgrace, odium, public dishonor
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 * bedizenment - the state of being dressed tawdrily; that which bedizens
 * velleity - lowest wish, with no accompanying effort
-* esprit d' escalier - thinking of a witty rejoinder after the fact
+* ''esprit d' escalier'' - thinking of a witty rejoinder after the fact
 * trenchant - cutting, sharp, fit to dig a trench
 * griffonage - illegible handwriting
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 * vaticinate - foretell as through prophecy
 * graveolent - having a rank smell
-* bien pensant - acceptance of a fashionable or newly mainstream idea without critical thought
+* ''bien pensant'' - acceptance of a fashionable or newly mainstream idea without critical thought
 * rechauffe - something made up from old material; a rehash, rewarmed food
-* tergiversating - to use evasions, to change sides, apostacy, equivocation
 * glochidate - having barbs and bristles
 * funicular - dependent on the tension of a cord
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 * barbican - defensive hole in a castle through which forward attacks were made
 * hyperborean - frigidly cold (from the ancient Greek people of the far north)
-* comme il faut - behaving according to custom
+* ''comme il faut'' - behaving according to custom
 * consuetudinary - manual describing customs and practices of a sect
 * sacerdotal - pertaining to priests and their divinely-inspired task
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 * entrepot - a depository for goods on which import is not paid
 * nosism - the use of 'we' in referring to oneself
-* sprachgefühl - feeling for language; an instinctive appreciation for words and idioms that are linguistically appropriate
+* ''sprachgefühl'' - feeling for language; an instinctive appreciation for words and idioms that are linguistically appropriate
-* anodyne - anything taken to soothe disturbed feelings
 * innominate - having no proper name when one would be expected
 * corsucate - to glitter in flashes
 * eutectic - of greatest fusibility: an alloy whose melting point is lower than that of any other alloy of the same ingredients.
-* lettre-fertis - 'man marked by letters' - pretender to learning
+* ''lettre-fertis'' - 'man marked by letters' - pretender to learning
 * contumely - a debasement ; a rudeness and haughtiness
 * odalisque - a female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan
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 * hypocoristic - a lesser name of the given name
 * saccadic - jumpy like the movements of an eye
-* ecphrasis - a sudden intense, self-contained verbal summary of an issue or art
 * amanuensis - one who is employed to take diction or copy another's words
 * tergiversate - to use ambiguities and evasions, to equivocate, or to change sides/apostatize
 * autonomasy - use of a common word to refer to a particular: "gone to town" for "gone to Atlanta"
+==Morphism terminology==
+{{:Morphisms}}