This week’s theme
Coined words

This week’s words
unbirthday
runcible
chirality
esemplastic
gonzo

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(es-em-PLAS-tik)

MEANING:

adjective: Having the capability of molding diverse ideas or things into unity.

ETYMOLOGY:

Coined by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), apparently inspired by German Ineinsbildung (forming into one). From Greek es- (into) + en, neuter of eis (one) + plastic, from Latin plasticus (related to molding), from Greek plastikos, from plassein (to mold). Earliest documented use: 1817.

USAGE:

“I once told Giselle she was the essence of the esemplastic act, for as she was giving me the curl of her tongue at that moment, she would pause to speak love words to me in three languages.”
William Kennedy; Very Old Bones; Viking; 1992.

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