Day: November 9, 2015

All ending the same way hic,haec,hoc.huc,

8282959_f520He hectored her hectically but it was bad tactics for a epic romantic.Mind you the gods of the classicsl world were pretty panic inducing so who knows?Being egocentric is usually narcissistic.Sometimes it’s comic and others it’s fantastic.Anyway.,my mind is plastic in your hands.Try to be less frantic,less manic and less pedantic..

Hectic…ic ic ic….

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ETYMOLOGY ONLNE
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hectic 

Many of these words ending in ic come from mediaeval French then from Latin and finally Greek.And to think we are all using these words daily

Adjective
Sense of “feverishly exciting, full of disorganized activity” is from 1904 and was a vogue word at first, according to Fowler, but hectic also was used in Middle English as a noun meaning “feverish desire, consuming passion” (early 15c.). Related: Hecticness.

Eclectic in limericks

Flowers in mall 2Eclectic’s a very fine word

I love it and even feel care.

It might rhyme with dialectic

Or maybe forensic

So here are two more we must air. .

coloured tree and sshadow

Eclectical students are rare

Because the tutors are rude and  unfair

They say, concentrate!

And I hesitate

Because my interests are wider than theirs.

Tree ghost

If you just want to get your degree

Then focus on what tutors agree.

But   leaving out   other  topics

Can make one myopic

And most of the world we won’t see.

Today’s word is another Greek derived one:Eclectic from the Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary

Arthur Deikman on Mystic Experience

eclectic

See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

Line breaks: eclec|tic

Pronunciation: /ɪˈklɛktɪk/

Definition of eclectic in English:

adjective

1Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources:universities offering an eclectic mix of courses

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2(Eclectic) 
Philosophy Denoting or belonging to a class of ancient philosophers who did not belong to or found any recognized school of thought but selected doctrines from various schools of thought.

noun

A person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

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Derivatives

eclectically

adverb

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

eclecticism
Pronunciation: /ɪˈklɛktɪsɪz(ə)m/

noun

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Origin

Late 17th century (as a term in philosophy): from Greek eklektikos, from eklegein ‘pick out’, fromek ‘out’ + legein ‘choose among

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