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[Anonymous No.23136630]

/nwwltaajwwlig/ - New Words We Learned Today And Also Just Words We Like In General Thread

Post definitions

Adjective
transcendental (comparative more transcendental, superlative most transcendental)

1. (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
2. Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
3. Mystical or supernatural.
4. (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
5. (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.

[Anonymous No.23136636]

Nigger

[Anonymous No.23136644]

>>23136636
>Post definitions

[Anonymous No.23136655]

>>23136644
Your mother's favorite sort of intimate companion

[Anonymous No.23136704]

>>23136655
dammit. gonna update that to dictionary definitions next. fuck you faggot.

[Anonymous No.23137997]

bump

[Anonymouṡ No.23138142]

>>23136630

I haven't encountered any new words yet today. The most recent words I learned:


— Crepitation (noun, from crepitate)
To creak or crack. Also, the discharge of fluid by a beetle in defence.
WHERE I READ IT: ‘The Invisible Man’ by H. G. Wells.


— Loggia (noun)
A corridor or arcade, open on one side. One of those ‘liminal spaces’, half-indoors, half-outdoors.
WHERE I READ IT: ‘Nine Coaches Waiting’ by Mary Stewart.


BONUS USEFUL WORD OF THE DAY:

— Phatic (adjective)
Of speech, ritualistic, intended as social lubricant, not strictly meaningful. e.g. ‘How's things?’

(4chan autists attempting to negotiate the real world often answer phatic normie questions sincerely, leading to embarrassment all round.)

[Anonymous No.23138153]

>>23138142
>4chan autists attempting to negotiate the real world often answer phatic normie questions sincerely, leading to embarrassment all round.

Stop reminding me

[Anonymous No.23138288]

>>23136630
Some words I like:

Ganne (verb)
To bark as a fox.
It comes from the Latin gannire. Attested English words which are related to it include 'obganiate' (to repeat tediously), and 'ogganition' (snarling, growling, grumbling). It is one of very many more-or-less-nonce-words that have seldom made it beyond the confines of a dictionary.

Subitize (verb)
To apprehend the number of things contained in a small group immediately, without actually needing to count them.
Derived presumably from the Latin subitus, meaning 'sudden', this word was first written down in 1949, as a deliberate coinage for the sake of expressing the idea it does.

Saccade (noun)
A rapid jerk of the eye (as one makes, e.g., when reading).
From a French word of the same meaning, it can refer to other sorts of jerking motions, but I've focused on the one I enjoy.

[Anonymous No.23138301]

>>23138288
It's 'oggannition'. Pardon me.

[Anonymous No.23138346]

taradiddle
a lie or pretentious nonsense

[Anonymous No.23138460]

Adjective
livid (comparative livider or more livid, superlative lividest or most livid)

1. Having a dark, bluish appearance.
2. (informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.

[Anonymous No.23138484]

Never knew so many esls and zoomers lurked here. How is livid a new word?

[Anonymous No.23138504]

>>23138484
>And Also Just Words We Like In General

Adjective
salty (comparative saltier, superlative saltiest)

(slang) Irritated, annoyed, angry, bitter, bitchy.

[Anonymous No.23138519]

>>23136630
Haberdashery, won't do the other shit.
>>23138484
Esl sentence

[Anonymous No.23138623]

>>23136630
Crepuscular
(Adj.) of or relating to twilight

Also a word I thought I knew, or sorta do, but didn't know it also had another, more negative meaning

Amenable
(Adj.) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
but also
willing to agree or to accept something that is wanted or asked for

I once said years ago to an advisor that my professor would probably be "amenable" to something. I hope it wasn't taken the wrong way lol

[Anonymous No.23138627]

>>23138623
cute

[Anonymous No.23138775]

Noun
aqua vītae f sg (genitive aquae vītae); first declension

1. distilled alcohol; spirits

[Anonymous No.23138803]

>>23136630
>/nwwltaajwwlig/
too busy, this is all too busy