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Aug 8, 2023

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Adjectives

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culminant
perficient
reprehensible
nondescript
ostrobogulous

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with Anu Garg

perficient

PRONUNCIATION:

(puhr-FISH-uhnt)

MEANING:

adjective: Accomplishing or achieving desired results; effective.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin perficere (to accomplish), from per- (thoroughly) + -ficere, a combining form of facere (to make or do). Earliest documented use: 1641.

USAGE:

“He’s just a mite slower than the rest of us more perficient punchers.”
Jarold L. Hampton; Night of the Bull; Covenant Books; 2022.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in the case of poetry, it's the exact opposite. -Paul Dirac, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate (8 Aug 1902-1984)

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