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tenebrous

swidden

turbid

prolegomenon

fructuous



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prolegomenon PRONUNCIATION: (pro-li-GOM-uh-non, -nuhn)

MEANING: noun: A critical, introductory discussion, especially an introduction to a text.

ETYMOLOGY: cull, lection, ligneous, lignify, From Greek prolegómenon, from prolegein (to say beforehand), from pro- (before) + legein (to say). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leg- (to collect, speak), which is also the source of other words such as lexicon, lesson, lecture, legible, legal, legend, select, alexia subintelligitur , and syllogistic . Earliest documented use: 1600.

USAGE:

A Lyrical Celebration; Financial Express (New Delhi, India); Dec 28, 2014.



See more usage examples of “With a witty and intriguing prolegomenon by Ashis Nandy, the book includes 76 poems that are travelogues of exile, identity, and adolescent fantasy of belonging and abandonment, portraying everyday struggles of existence.”A Lyrical Celebration;(New Delhi, India); Dec 28, 2014.See more usage examples of prolegomenon in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. -Paul McCartney, singer-songwriter, composer, poet, and activist (b. 18 Jun 1942)





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