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panacea
noun
an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties: His economic philosophy is a good one, but he tries to use it as a panacea.
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Panacea comes from Latin 辫补苍补肠脓补, which had the same meanings of the Greek original, 辫补苍谩办别颈补 鈥渦niversal remedy; the name of a healing plant and its juice.鈥� 笔补苍谩办别颈补 is a compound of the Greek combining form pan– 鈥渁ll,鈥� completely naturalized in English, and the adjective suffix –补办岣梥 鈥渉ealing,鈥� a derivative 谩办辞蝉 鈥渃ure, remedy.鈥� The Greeks had a genius for personification, making, for instance, the common noun 辫别颈迟丑峁� 鈥減ersuasion鈥� into the goddess 笔别颈迟丑峁�. So, too, with 丑测驳铆别颈补 鈥渉ealthy state, good health鈥� becoming the goddess 贬测驳铆别颈补, and 辫补苍谩办别颈补, the goddess 笔补苍谩办别颈补. In fact the first sentence of the Hippocratic Oath (originally dating between the 5th and 3rd centuries b.c.) begins, 鈥淚 swear by Apollo the physician and Asclepius and Hygeia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses鈥�.鈥� Panacea entered English in the mid-16th century.
how is panacea used?
That could help provide a financial lifeline for the difficult weeks ahead 鈥� but it isn鈥檛 a panacea ….
The panacea of a world state, on the contrary, is doomed to bitter disappointment. A political unification of the nations of the world is impossible while political questions divide mankind.
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taxonomy
noun
a classification into ordered categories: a proposed taxonomy of educational objectives.
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The English noun taxonomy, 鈥渃lassification into ordered categories,鈥� comes from French taxonomie, an irregular formation from the Greek noun 迟谩虫颈蝉 鈥渕ilitary formation by rank and file,鈥� and the Greek combining form –苍辞尘铆补, a derivative of 苍贸尘辞蝉 鈥渓aw.鈥� A note on the spelling: the original Greek noun 迟谩虫颈蝉 is an 鈥渋-stem,” and its connecting vowel is –i-; the etymologically correct form is taxinomy. The noun 迟谩虫辞蝉, 鈥測ew, yew tree,鈥� has the connecting vowel –o-; taxonomy 鈥減roperly鈥� means 鈥渃lassification of yew trees.鈥� Taxonomy entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is taxonomy used?
Warhol was the little match girl peering in at high society, wondering what a rich collector or a countess was like and creating a taxonomy of it.
How long has our current taxonomy of Red State vs. Blue State been part of our political vernacular?
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idoneous
adjective
appropriate; fit; suitable; apt.
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The adjective idoneous, 鈥渟uitable, fit,鈥� is now rare and archaic. It comes straight from Latin 颈诲艒苍别辞耻蝉 鈥渟uitable, appropriate, qualified, able鈥�; it has no reliable Latin etymology. Idoneous has an even rarer derivative noun, idoneousness 鈥渇itness, suitability.鈥澨� Idoneous entered English in the first half of the 17th century; idoneousness is first recorded in English in the first half of the 18th century and was last recorded just over a century later, in the mid-19th.
how is idoneous used?
As far as benefices are concerned no one could be more idoneous, fitting or suitable than Martin, since he is an Anglican clergyman.
黑料网 is idoneous cannot be always or necessarily known in advance.听
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