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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Unusual Words: Defining Prelapsarian and Manichaean
As a language person I, of course, love words. Although as with most things that generate intense feeling, I also hate words (remember everyone: the opposite of love is not hate—it’s indifference*). So I relish moments when I come across … Continue reading →
Posted in Language, Words
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Tagged definition, manichaean, manichaeism, manichean, metaphorical, prelapsarian, religion, usage, word origin
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