THE LOGOPHILE LEXICON
PART VI: THE ESSENTIALS
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6.1: The Essentials of Reading
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6.1: The Essentials of Reading
6.2: The Essentials of Learning
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PART 6.1 The Essentials of Reading
ABDITORY - a place in which you can disappear
ADOXOGRAPHY - beautiful writing on a subject of no significant importance.
ANFRACTUOSITY - something twisting and turning
ARGONAUT - a seeker of adventure
ATHENAEUM - a building or room in which books, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use. From Latin meaning “a school in ancient Rome for the study of arts” deriving from the Greek ‘Athēnaion’ meaning a ”temple of Athena.”
ATTICISM - a witty or well-turned phrase. Concise and elegant expression or diction.
BIBLIOTATH - a person who hoards books
CARMEN - Greek for a poem, song or prophecy
CASUISTRY - an expressive specious (superficial) argument or rationalization. Deceptive or excessively subtle reasoning.
CHIMERICAL - produced by a wil, fanciful imagination
COLOPHON - an inscription at the end of a book or manuscript usually with facts about its production. An identifying mark used by a printer or a publisher. Latin, from the Greek ‘ kolophōn summit’ meaning “finishing touch;” perhaps akin to Latin ’culmen.’
CONCATENATION - a series of interconnected or independent events
DEPAYSEMENT - when someone is transported into a new world.
DIACHRONIC - concerned with how something develops through time.
DUENDE - the mysterious power of a creative work that can move a person.
EBULLITION - an unrestrained expresssion of emotion
EPISTOLIZE - to write a letter. From the Latin ‘epistola’ meaning “letter.”
ERLEBNISSE - the experiences, good or bad, that we feel most deeply and through with we love.
FABULAR - of, relating to, or having the form of a fable. Borrowed from Latin ‘fābulāris,’ from ‘fābula’ meaning “talk or account.”
FINIFUGAL - hating endings; someone who tries to avoid or prolong the moments of a story.
FLORILEGIUM - volume of writings or an anthology. English picked up florilegium from a New Latin word that derives from Latin ‘florilegus’ meaning "culling flowers." Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “a collection of the flowers of literature." The synonym ‘anthology’ comes from the Greek word for "flower gathering."
GOYA - the suspension of disbelief that occurs in good storytelling
HAMARTIA - a flaw that causes the downfall of the hero.
HYDRA - a persistent problem that presents many obstacles as soon as one part is solved.
INSTANTIATE - to provide evidentiary support of a theory or claim
INVEIGLE - to entice, lure or ensnare with flattering or artful expression. To win over with wiles.
MIRIDICAL - wonderous
MYTHOPOEIC - a creation of myth : a giving rise to myths. Borrowed from the Greek mȳthopoiía, from mŷthos "utterance, tale.” From ‘poiia,’ ‘poieîn’ meaning “to make, produce, do.”
NADIR - the lowest point, adversity or despair
PANEGYRIC - a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing
PARACOSM - a detailed, prolonged imaginary world created by a child
PASQUINADE - a satire
PHANTASMAGORIC - characterized by incredible, intricate imagination
PIERIAN - poetic inspiration
POLYMATHY - encyclopedic knowledge
RAME - something that is both chaotic and joyful at the same time
SCRIPTURIENT - a burning obsession to write
SHANACHIE - a teller of old tales or legends. Irish Gaelic for ‘seanchaidhe’ meaning “antiquary or historian.”
TROUBADOR — a poet or folk singer
TSUNDUKO - the act of buying g a lot of books and leaving them piled up unread
VADE MECUM - a favorite book carried everywhere. Literally means “go with me.”
VICARIOUS - experienced in the imagination or through someone’s feelings.
ADOXOGRAPHY - beautiful writing on a subject of no significant importance.
ANFRACTUOSITY - something twisting and turning
ARGONAUT - a seeker of adventure
ATHENAEUM - a building or room in which books, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use. From Latin meaning “a school in ancient Rome for the study of arts” deriving from the Greek ‘Athēnaion’ meaning a ”temple of Athena.”
ATTICISM - a witty or well-turned phrase. Concise and elegant expression or diction.
BIBLIOTATH - a person who hoards books
CARMEN - Greek for a poem, song or prophecy
CASUISTRY - an expressive specious (superficial) argument or rationalization. Deceptive or excessively subtle reasoning.
CHIMERICAL - produced by a wil, fanciful imagination
COLOPHON - an inscription at the end of a book or manuscript usually with facts about its production. An identifying mark used by a printer or a publisher. Latin, from the Greek ‘ kolophōn summit’ meaning “finishing touch;” perhaps akin to Latin ’culmen.’
CONCATENATION - a series of interconnected or independent events
DEPAYSEMENT - when someone is transported into a new world.
DIACHRONIC - concerned with how something develops through time.
DUENDE - the mysterious power of a creative work that can move a person.
EBULLITION - an unrestrained expresssion of emotion
EPISTOLIZE - to write a letter. From the Latin ‘epistola’ meaning “letter.”
ERLEBNISSE - the experiences, good or bad, that we feel most deeply and through with we love.
FABULAR - of, relating to, or having the form of a fable. Borrowed from Latin ‘fābulāris,’ from ‘fābula’ meaning “talk or account.”
FINIFUGAL - hating endings; someone who tries to avoid or prolong the moments of a story.
FLORILEGIUM - volume of writings or an anthology. English picked up florilegium from a New Latin word that derives from Latin ‘florilegus’ meaning "culling flowers." Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “a collection of the flowers of literature." The synonym ‘anthology’ comes from the Greek word for "flower gathering."
GOYA - the suspension of disbelief that occurs in good storytelling
HAMARTIA - a flaw that causes the downfall of the hero.
HYDRA - a persistent problem that presents many obstacles as soon as one part is solved.
INSTANTIATE - to provide evidentiary support of a theory or claim
INVEIGLE - to entice, lure or ensnare with flattering or artful expression. To win over with wiles.
MIRIDICAL - wonderous
MYTHOPOEIC - a creation of myth : a giving rise to myths. Borrowed from the Greek mȳthopoiía, from mŷthos "utterance, tale.” From ‘poiia,’ ‘poieîn’ meaning “to make, produce, do.”
NADIR - the lowest point, adversity or despair
PANEGYRIC - a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing
PARACOSM - a detailed, prolonged imaginary world created by a child
PASQUINADE - a satire
PHANTASMAGORIC - characterized by incredible, intricate imagination
PIERIAN - poetic inspiration
POLYMATHY - encyclopedic knowledge
RAME - something that is both chaotic and joyful at the same time
SCRIPTURIENT - a burning obsession to write
SHANACHIE - a teller of old tales or legends. Irish Gaelic for ‘seanchaidhe’ meaning “antiquary or historian.”
TROUBADOR — a poet or folk singer
TSUNDUKO - the act of buying g a lot of books and leaving them piled up unread
VADE MECUM - a favorite book carried everywhere. Literally means “go with me.”
VICARIOUS - experienced in the imagination or through someone’s feelings.
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