aporetic
World English Dictionary
aporia (əˈpɔːrɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | rhetoric a doubt, real or professed, about what to do or say |
| 2. | philosophy puzzlement occasioned by the raising of philosophical objections without any proffered solutions, esp in the works of Socrates |
| [C16: from Greek, literally: a state of being at a loss] | |
| aporetic | |
| —adj | |
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| Main Entry: | aporetic |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | tending to doubt |
| Example: | The aporetic voice is that which expresses wonder and perplexity. |
| Etymology: | from a Greek word meaning 'to be at a loss' |
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Aporetic
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
aporetic
c.1600, from Fr. aporetique, from Gk. aporetikos, from aporeein "to be at a loss," from aporos "impassable," from a-, privative prefix, + poros "passage" (see pore (n.)). Aporia is attested from 1580s, from L., from Gk. aporia, noun of state from aporos.
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