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    synaesthesia (US synesthesia ) noun  Physiology & Psychology the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body.

    anthropomorphism: noun the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

    verbiage: noun speech or writing that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions.
—ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from obsolete verbeier 'to chatter', from verbe 'word'.

    amalgam: noun a mixture or blend: a curious amalgam of the traditional and the modern.
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ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French amalgame or medieval Latin amalgama, from Greek malagma 'an emollient'.

   
nascent: adjective (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential: the nascent space industry.
—ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin nascent- 'being born', from the verb nasci.

    teleoserpent: (teleos+serpent) telos, teleos: noun (PL. teloi ) chiefly Philosophy or poetic/literary an ultimate object or aim. My own word meaning a circling of thought moving from unconscious to conscious. Reminiscent of the Uroboros or snake biting its tail symbol. The end and the beginning becoming one.
—ORIGIN Greek, literally 'end'.

    insouciance: noun casual lack of concern; indifference: an impression of boyish insouciance.
—ORIGIN late 18th cent.: French, from insouciant, from in- 'not' + souciant 'worrying' (present participle of soucier).

    temerity: noun excessive confidence or boldness; audacity: no one had the temerity to question his conclusions.
—ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin temeritas, from temere 'rashly'.

    parlance: noun a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest: dated terms that were once in common parlance | medical parlance.
—ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting speech or debate): from Old French, from parler 'speak', from Latin parabola 'comparison' (in late Latin 'speech').

    illocution: noun an action performed by saying or writing something, e.g. ordering, warning, or promising.

    Morganlalial: My own amalgamation implying the ghostly voices of pirates.

    chiasma: noun (PL. chiasmata ) Biology a point at which paired chromosomes remain in contact during the first metaphase of meiosis, and at which crossing over and exchange of genetic material occur between the strands. See also OPTIC CHIASMA.
—ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek chiasma 'crosspiece, cross-shaped mark', from khiazein 'mark with the letter chi'.

    optic chiasma: noun Anatomy the X-shaped structure formed at the point below the brain where the two optic nerves cross over each other.

    jouissance: noun formal physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
—ORIGIN French, from jouir 'enjoy'

    fractal Mathematics: noun a curve or geometrical figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole. They are useful in modelling structures (such as eroded coastlines or snowflakes) in which similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales, and in describing partly random or chaotic phenomena such as crystal growth, fluid turbulence, and galaxy formation. adjective relating to or of the nature of a fractal or fractals: fractal geometry.
—ORIGIN 1970s: from French, from Latin fract- 'broken', from the verb frangere.

    echolalia: noun Psychiatry meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder. Repetition of speech by a child learning to talk. ---ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek ekho 'echo' + lalia 'speech'.

    (Definitions courtesy of the New Oxford Dictionary of English)

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