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Cool word: Marmoreal. [View all]
Over in the history forum, I was writing about my planned birthday wanderings in a bookstore, and decided to check out a review of one of the books I'm thinking about.
I called up a review of the book, this one, and came across the word, marmoreal.
marmoreal
adjective
mar·mo·re·al mär-ˈmȯr-ē-əl
variants or less commonly marmorean
mär-ˈmȯr-ē-ən
: of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness
adjective
mar·mo·re·al mär-ˈmȯr-ē-əl
variants or less commonly marmorean
mär-ˈmȯr-ē-ən
: of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness
The context is this:
The Plato found in these pages, wonderfully evoked by Romm’s tense, insightful prose and massively substantiated by an extensive bibliography, is the very opposite of marmoreal in every way. In a world where a four billion dollar podcast-bro ecosystem worships the marmoreal on a daily, hourly basis, that alone makes the book extremely welcome.
Even as an old man, I love coming across a new word, a good one too, in this context.
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