Episode Titles: The Erlenmeyer Flask:
Main Entry: Er·len·mey·er flask
Pronunciation: '&r-l&n-"mI(-&)r-, 'er-l&n-
Function: noun
Etymology: Emil Erlenmeyer
Date: circa 1890
: a flat-bottomed conical laboratory flask
Nisei:
Main Entry: ni·sei
Pronunciation: nE-'sA, 'nE-"
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural nisei
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Japanese, literally, second generation, from ni second + sei generation
Date: 1929
: a son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who is born and educated in America and especially in the U.S.
Syzygy:
Main Entry: syz·y·gy
Pronunciation: 'si-z&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -gies
Etymology: Late Latin syzygia conjunction, from Greek, from syzygos yoked together, from syn- + zygon yoke -- more at YOKE
Date: circa 1847
: the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system
Apocrypha:
Main Entry: apoc·ry·pha
Pronunciation: &-'pä-kr&-f&
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, neuter plural of apocryphus secret, not canonical, from Greek apokryphos obscure, from apokryptein to hide away, from apo- + kryptein to hide -- more at CRYPT
Date: 14th century
1 : writings or statements of dubious authenticity
2 capitalized a : books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament -- see BIBLE table b : early Christian writings not included in the New Testament
Herrenvolk:
Main Entry: her·ren·volk
Pronunciation: 'her-&n-"fOk, -"folk
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: German
Date: 1940
: MASTER RACE
Tunguska:
Main Entry: Tun·gu·ska
Pronunciation: tu[ng]-'gü-sk&, t&n-
Usage: geographical name
any of three rivers in central Russia in Asia, tributaries of the Yenisey: Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, & Upper Tunguska (lower course of the Angara)
Memento Mori:
Main Entry: me·men·to mo·ri
Pronunciation: m&-'men-tO-'mOr-E, -'mor-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural memento mori
Etymology: Latin, remember that you must die
Date: 1596
: a reminder of mortality; especially : DEATH's-head
Tempus Fugit:
Main Entry: tem·pus fu·git
Pronunciation: "tem-p&s-'fyü-j&t, "tem-pus-'fü-git
Usage: foreign term
Etymology: Latin
: time flies
Gethsemane:
Main Entry: Geth·sem·a·ne
Pronunciation: geth-'se-m&-nE
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek GethsEmanE
1 : the garden outside Jerusalem mentioned in Mark 14 as the scene of the agony and arrest of Jesus
2 : a place or occasion of great mental or spiritual suffering
Redux:
Main Entry: re·dux
Pronunciation: (")rE-'d&ks, 'rE-"
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin, returning, from reducere to lead back
Date: 1873
: brought back -- used postpositively
The Post-Modern Prometheus:
Main Entry: Pro·me·theus
Pronunciation: -thE-&s, -"thyüs
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek PromEtheus
: a Titan who is chained and tortured by Zeus for stealing fire from heaven and giving it to mankind
Biogenesis:
Main Entry: bio·gen·e·sis
Pronunciation: "bI-O-'je-n&-s&s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin
Date: 1870
1 : the development of life from preexisting life
2 : a supposed tendency for stages in the evolutionary history of a race to briefly recur during the development and differentiation of an individual of that race
3 : the synthesis of chemical compounds or structures in the living organism -- compare BIOSYNTHESIS
- bio·ge·net·ic /-j&-'ne-tik/ adjective
- bio·ge·net·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati:
Amor: Love
Fati: Was not in the dictionary, but i assume it means fatal, or something similar.
Requiem:
Main Entry: re·qui·em
Pronunciation: 're-kwE-&m also 'rA- or 'rE-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin (first word of the introit of the requiem mass), accusative of requies rest, from re- + quies quiet, rest -- more at WHILE
Date: 14th century
1 : a mass for the dead
2 a : a solemn chant (as a dirge) for the repose of the dead b : something that resembles such a solemn chant
3 a : a musical setting of the mass for the dead b : a musical composition in honor of the dead
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