This week’s theme
Words with unusual plurals

This week’s words
bema
quale
starets
genus
paries

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(KWA-lee, -lay)

MEANING:

noun: A quality or property as perceived by a person: a subjective experience.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin qualis (or what kind). Earliest documented use: 1654.

USAGE:

“But one cannot convey to the stereo-blind what stereopsis is like; the subjective quality, the quale, of stereopsis is unique and no less remarkable than that of color.”
Oliver Sacks; Stereo Sue; New Yorker; Jun 19, 2006.

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