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Ptolemaic
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Ptolemaic
1674, of Ptolemy, Alexandrian astronomer (2c.) whose geocentric model of the universe was accepted until the time of Copernicus and Kepler. Also (1771) "of the Ptolemies," Macedonian Gk. dynasty that ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander to Cleopatra. The name is Gk. Ptolemaios, lit. "warlike," from
EXPANDptolemos, collateral form of polemos "war."
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