sɪˈdʒi Origin:
1890–95; < Greek eisḗgesis, equivalent to eis- into + (h)ēge- (stem of hēgeîsthai to lead) + -sis -sis
1890–95; < Greek eisḗgesis, equivalent to eis- into + (h)ēge- (stem of hēgeîsthai to lead) + -sis -sis
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| —n , pl -ses | |
| Compare exegesis the interpretation of a text, esp a biblical text, using one's own ideas | |
| [C19: from Greek eis into, in + -egesis, as in | |
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Eisegesis
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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eisegesis
the reading of one's own ideas into scripture, 1878, from Gk. eis "in, into" + ending from exegesis.
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