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aoristic
adjective
indefinite; indeterminate.
More about aoristic
Aoristic 鈥渋ndeterminate, undefined,鈥� comes from Greek 补辞谤颈蝉迟颈办贸蝉, a derivative of the verbal adjective 补贸谤颈蝉迟辞蝉 鈥渦nlimited, unbounded, indeterminate, debatable,鈥� which is a compound of the negative prefix a-, an– (from the same Proto-Indo-European source as un– in English and in– in Latin), and the verbal adjective 丑辞谤颈蝉迟贸蝉 鈥渄efinable (of words), delimited (of property or land).鈥� 贬辞谤颈蝉迟贸蝉 comes from the verb 丑辞谤铆锄别颈苍 鈥渢o divide, separate,鈥� whose present active masculine participle 丑辞谤铆锄艒苍 鈥渟eparating,鈥� when modifying the noun 办媒办濒辞蝉 鈥渃ircle鈥� (鈥渢he separating circle鈥�) refers to the (apparent) circle separating the land from the sea, the horizon. 贬辞谤铆锄艒苍 办媒办濒辞蝉 seems to be a coinage of Aristotle鈥檚; so it can be trusted. Aoristic entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is aoristic used?
Because Gideon is away indefinitely our lives seem bracketed in a kind of aoristic limbo where things happen haphazardly, without an ordered sequence.
She caught at the nerves like certain aoristic combinations in music, like tones of a stringed instrument swept by the wind, enticing, unseizable.
aoristic
guileless
adjective
sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
More about guileless
Guileless means 鈥渨ithout guile, sincere, honest, frank.鈥� Guile comes from Middle English gile, guile 鈥渁 crafty or fraudulent trick, double-dealing,鈥� from Old French guile 鈥渓ie, trick, deception,鈥� most likely from a Germanic source. The problem is: Which Germanic language or languages? From the point of view of phonetics, Old French guile could very well come from Germanic 飞墨濒, but sources are lacking: Old English 飞墨濒 鈥渄evice, trick鈥� may itself be a borrowing from Old French. Old Norse 惫茅濒 鈥渁rtifice, device, trick鈥� is wrong for phonetic reasons. Guileless entered English in the first half of the 18th century.
how is guileless used?
Looking at them is an exercise in nostalgia not only for the languid California of the early seventies, or the looseness offered by working in a medium that had little respect from the art world and therefore no money, but for a moment when, even if only in the world of these images, the encounter between self and stranger could be guileless.
Guileless? Guess again, sister. There is nothing remotely guileless聽about this guy
guileless
whithersoever
conjunction
to whatever place.
More about whithersoever
Whithersoever, now archaic, meaning 鈥渢o whatever place,鈥� comes from Middle English whider-so-evere, whidersere, whidursever, an adverb phrase that could be spelled as two or three words; the one-word spelling first appears in the first half of the 17th century. Etymologists break down whithersoever in several ways: whitherso (by itself meaning 鈥渨hithersoever鈥�) + ever; whither + so + ever; whider + so-ever; and whider–so + ever. Old English has the adverb phrase sw膩 hwider sw膩, which means the same thing as the Middle English forms but is not their direct ancestor. Whithersoever entered English in the first half of the 13th century.
how is whithersoever used?
Though you may cross vast spaces of sea … your faults will follow you whithersoever you travel.
From wheresoever they come and whithersoever they afterward go, all ships that use the canal will pass through the Caribbean.
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