#porphyric

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puissant /pwis-uh nt/ adjective having great power and influence origin: 1400-50; late Middle English < Middle French < Vulgar Latin possent- (stem of possēns), for Latin potent- (stem of potēns), present participle of posse to be able, have power;

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errantry /ĕr′ən-trē/ noun the condition of journeying or wandering about, especially in search of adventure. origin: mid-14c., "travelling, roving," from Anglo-French erraunt, from two Old French words that were confused even before they reached English: 1. Old French errant, present participle of errer "to travel or wander," from Late Latin iterare, from Latin iter "journey, way," from root of ire "to go" (see ion); 2. Old French errant, past participle of errer (see err). The senses fused in English 14c., but much of the sense of the latter since has gone with arrant.

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pyrrhic /ˈpɪrɪk/ adjective won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor origin: named after Pyrrhus (318-272 BC), a king of Epirus whose forces sustained treamendous losses in defeating the Romans at Asculum

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orphic adjective mysterious and entrancing; beyond ordinary understanding origin: late 17th century: via Latin from Greek Orphikos, from Orpheus

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commuovere verb to stir, to touch, to move to tears origin: Italian commuovere, from Latin commovēre, present active infinitive of commoveō ‎(“move, affect”).

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aeolist /AE-o-list/ noun a pompous person, pretending to have inspiration or spiritual insight origin: derived from Greek aeo (wind), Aeolus (God of the winds).

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ultracrepidarian /uhl-truh-krep-i-DAIR-ee-uh n/ adjective or noun one who gives opinions, criticisms or judgements on something beyond their knowledge origin: 1800-20; ultra- + Latin crepidam ‘sole of a shoe, sandal’ ( Greek krepis ‘shoe’); in allusion to the words of Pliny the Elder ne supra crepidam sutor judicare ‘let the cobbler not judge above the sandal’; cf. the English proverb “let the cobbler stick to his last

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protean /PRO-tee-uhn/ adjective assuming many forms, as roles in a play: versatile origin: After Proteus, a sea god in Greek mythology, who could assume different forms. He got his name from Greek protos (first) as he was one of the earliest sea gods. Earliest documented use: 1594.