ONEIRIC

o·nei·ric   /oʊˈnaɪrɪk/ Show Spelled
[oh-nahy-rik] Show IPA

–adjective
of or pertaining to dreams.
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Origin:
1855–60; < Gk óneir ( os ) dream + -ic

anhedonia | an·he·do·ni·a

an·he·do·ni·a (ăn'hē-dō'nē-ə)
n.
The absence of pleasure or the ability to experience it.

[New Latin anhēdonia : Greek an-, without; see a-1 + Greek hēdonē, pleasure.]

ANHEDONIC an'he·don'ic (-dŏn'ĭk ) adj.

In this movie, Zuckerberg designs a fabulous social network, but still has his reciprocity problem. He is still afflicted by his anhedonic self-consciousness, his failure to communicate, his inability to lose himself in the throngs at a party or the capacity to deserve the love he craves.

abseiled

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ab·seil   /ˈɑpzaɪl, ˈæbseɪl/ Show Spelled[ahp-zahyl, ab-seyl] Show IPA
–noun, verb (used without object)
rappel.
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Origin:
1930–35; < G abseilen (ab- down + seilen to rope)
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ab·seil (äp'zīl', -sīl', āb'-)
intr.v. ab·seiled, ab·seil·ing, ab·seils
To rappel.

[German abseilen, to descend at the end of a rope : ab, down, off; see ablaut + Seil, rope (from Middle High German, from Old High German).]

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From BBC account of Israeli raid on humanitarian ship heading toward Gaza: June 1, 2010

Eyewitness accounts from ships raided by Israeli commandos have cast doubt on Israel's version of events that led to the deaths of at least 10 people.

German pro-Palestinian activist Norman Paech said he had only seen wooden sticks being brandished as troops abseiled on to the deck of the ship.

Israel says its soldiers were attacked with "knives, clubs and other weapons" and opened fire in self defence.

Vocabulary: bricolage

bricolage
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bri·co·lage (brē'kō-läzh', brĭk'ō-)
n.
Something made or put together using whatever materials happen to be available: "Even the decor is a bricolage, a mix of this and that" (Los Angeles Times).

[French, from bricole, trifle, from Old French, catapult, from Old Italian briccola , of Germanic origin.]

homologate

ho⋅mol⋅o⋅gate   [huh-mol-uh-geyt, hoh-] Show IPA
–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to approve; confirm or ratify.
2. to register (a specific make of automobile in general production) so as to make it eligible for international racing competition.


From Dan Neill, LATimes: To bring you up to speed a bit: The Cube is a huge hit for Nissan in Japan, and now – given a projected upswing in the small crossover segment in the U.S. – the company has homologated it for the North American market.

Word of the Day ArchiveThursday September 7, 2006 pervicacious

pervicacious \puhr-vih-KAY-shuhs\, adjective:Refusing to change one's ideas, behavior, etc.; stubborn; obstinate.

• In fact, I'm a word nerd. I get a kick out of tossing a few odd ones intomy column, just to see if the pervicacious editors will weed them out.-- Michael Hawley, "Things That Matter: Waiting for Linguistic Viagra", Technology Review, June, 2001
• One of the most pervicacious young creatures that ever was heard of.-- Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
• The language of the bureaucrats and administrators must needs be recognized as an outgrowth of legal parlance. There is no other way to explain itspervading, pervicacious and pernicious meanderings.-- New York Law Journal, May 27, 1909

Pervicacious is from Latin pervicax, pervicac-, "stubborn, headstrong," from root pervic- of pervincere, "to carry ones point, maintain ones opinion," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + vincere, "to conquer, prevail against" + the suffix -ious, "characterized by, full of."