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Peacock Glossary ~
with thanks to The Thomas Love Peacock Society (* coined by Peacock) Adhibit ~ to apply, employ. Assation ~ roasting. Elixion ~ boiling. Mastigophoric* ~ whip-wielding. Osteo-sarchaematos-planchno-chondro-neuro-muelous* ~ bodily. Osseo-carni-sanguineo-visceri-cartilagino-nervo-medullary* ~ bodily. ~ ~ ~ Philosophical Glossary ~ a useful guide to terms used in philosophical wrangling (with acknowledgements to The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary) Analytic ~ true by definition. Colloquy ~ discussion, conversation. Depose ~ to witness. Dialectic ~ the art of testing by discussion. Irrefragable ~ indisputable. Perspicuous ~ clearly expressed. Ratiocinate ~ to reason, especially by syllogisms. Refute ~ to disprove. Subvert ~ to overturn. Syllogism ~ a form of reasoning whereby a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions. Synthetic ~ provable from experience. ~ ~ ~ Period Glossary ~ Mail-coach ~ a long-distance coach service following a strict route and timetable, carrying mail plus passengers. Post-chaise ~ a coach service hired to individuals for routes of their choice. ~ ~ ~ Glossary of diverse terms ~ Caprioletta ~ perhaps from capriole, a leap or caper, hence related to dancing. Cephalis ~ as cephalic, of the head. Cranium ~ skull. Dilettante (plural, dilettanti) ~ a lover of the arts (favourable); a dabbler in arts (unfavourable). Precession of the Equinoxes ~ the slow retrogade motion of equinoctial points along the ecliptic. Predilection ~ preference. ~ ~ |