Sublime

Dictionary dump (unformatted): a/an : “A was modified from the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the eagle. In Hebrew it was an ox, and in Greek it was a “symbol of a bad AUGURY in the sacrifices.” The distinction between a/an happened around the 1300s. aardvark : South African “earth pig” aaron’s serpent : “something so powerful as to swallow up

lemma (n.) : a family of words that all share the same words (ie: develop = development, developing, developmental, underdeveloped, redevelop, etc.)

• cosmos : not just a synonym for universe, but a beautiful universe (cosmetic)

• sophistry : rhetorical masters without a compass, from ancient Greece, hucksters and mercenaries; using the dark arts of craft to deceive populations.

• philosophy : the communal pursuit of wisdom (philo = friends, sophia = wisdom).

• prescient : foresight into the future

• affray : a noisy quarrel or brawl that disrupts the peace; a scare, a disturbance, the root of “afraid.” An affray is the event that causes someone to become afraid.

• aleatory : an art where some elements are left to chance (John Cage).

• algebra : a sophisticated symbol system that’s layered on top of basic arithmetic. It is the combined operations and