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Palingenesia; Palter; Paltericity; Panacea; Par/On Par With

Paranoia; Paraphilia; Paraphrasis; Parenthesis

Pariahdom; Parity; Passionate; Pathematic; Pathologic

Pathologisation; Patronise; Peace; Peaceable; Pearler 

Pentateuch/Prophets/Hagiographa; Peradventure; Perchance

Perfervid; Persecute; Persuasion; Perversion; Perversity; Perversive

Pervicacious; Phoresy; Phobia; Physician; Pi; Piss-Weak

Pleasaunce/Pleasance; Pleonastic; Polemic; Polemist

Posit; Position; Postpuberal; Pother


Palingenesia:

palingenesia (n.; also, palingenesis palingenesy): the doctrine that a soul passes through several bodies in a series of rebirths; (adj.): palingenetic; (n.): palingenesist; (adj.): palingenesian. [from New Latin, from Greek πάλιν (palin), ‘again’, ‘anew’, + γένεσις (génesis), ‘genesis’, ‘production’]. ~ (Ologies & Isms Dictionary).

palingenesis (n., also palingenesia, palingenesy; pl. palingeneses): 1. rebirth; regeneration; (adj.): palingenetic; (adv.): palingenetically. [1615-25; fr. New Latin from Greek pálin, ‘again’ + génesis, ‘origin’, ‘source’, derivative (with -sis) of gígnesthai, ‘to beget’, ‘to be born’]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

Palingenesia:


Palter

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• ‘palter: deal crookedly or evasively; use trickery’. (Oxford Dictionary).
• ‘palter: to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery’. (Infoplease Dictionary).
• ‘palter: to act insincerely or deceitfully’. (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary).
• ‘palter: to talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate; see synonyms at lie [to evade or depart from the truth]’. (American Heritage Dictionary).
• ‘palter: to act or talk insincerely or deceitfully’. (Encarta Dictionary).


Paltericity:

paltericity (n.): 1. shiftiness, trickiness, babblement; as in, the speech or behaviour of a palterer⁽⁰¹⁾; 2. palterly language or conduct; viz.: palterly (adv.): in the manner of a palterer (i.e., a shifty trickster, an insincere trifler, an equivocatory babbler). ~ (Online Neoteric Dictionary).

⁽⁰¹⁾palterer (n.): one who palters⁽⁰²⁾ or equivocates; an insincere dealer; a shifty person; a trifler; a trickster; [e.g.]: “There be of you, it may be, that will account me a palterer, for hanging out the sign of the red-herring in my title-page, and no such feast towards for aught you can see”. (Thomas Nashe, “Nashe’s Lenten Stuffe”⁽*⁾, 1599; London); “Vile palterer with the sacred truth of God, | Be thy soul choked with that blaspheming lie!” (Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Cenci, A Tragedy, in Five Acts”, 1819). ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

⁽*⁾[http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Nashe/Nashes_Lenten_Stuff.pdf].

⁽⁰²⁾palter (v.): I. (intr.v.): 1. to talk in a trifling manner; babble; 2. to talk insincerely; equivocate; trifle; shift; use trickery; II. (tr.v.): 1. to fashion by trickery; patch up; 2. to trifle away; use or spend in a paltry manner; squander. [formerly also paulter]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).


Panacea:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘panacea: a remedy for all diseases; a thing for solving all difficulties or adopted in every case of difficulty’. (Oxford Dictionary).


Paranoia:

[Dictionary Definition]: paranoia (n.): 1. a mental disorder characterised by systematised delusions ascribing hostile intentions to others, often linked with a sense of mission; 2. baseless or excessive distrust of others. [1805-15; from New Latin from Greek ánoia, ‘madness’]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).


Par/On Par With:


Paraphilia:

paraphilia (n.): a pattern of recurring sexually arousing mental imagery or behaviour that involves unusual and especially socially unacceptable sexual practices as sadism, masochism, fetishism, or paedophilia; (adj. & n.): paraphiliac, paraphilic. [origin and etymology: *first known use: 1925*; New Latin; from para-, ‘abnormal or defective’ (e.g., paranoia). + -philia, from Greek philos, ‘loving’]. [emphasis added]. ~ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).


Paraphrasis:

paraphrasis (n.; rare): a rewording of something written or spoken. ~ (Oxford English Dictionary).

Paraphrasis:


Parenthesis:

Vis.:

• parenthesis (n.): a phrase, often explanatory or qualifying, inserted into a passage with which it is not grammatically connected, and marked off by brackets, dashes, etc. (adj.): parenthetic, parenthetical; (adv.): parenthetically. [C16: via Late Latin fr. Greek: ‘something placed in besides’, fr. parentithenai: para- + en- + tithenai, ‘to put’]. (Collins Dictionary).


Pariahdom:

pariahdom (n.): the state or condition of a pariah or outcast. [origin: Late 19th century; earliest use found in John Addington Symonds (1840-1893), writer and advocate of sexual reform; from pariah + -dom]. ~ (Oxford English Dictionary).


Parity

parity (n.; pl. parities): the state, action or quality of being on a par; an equivalence of status, level or value; correspondence, similarity; (n.): paritarian. ~ (Online Neoteric Dictionary).


Passionate:

passionate (n.): one who is strongly moved by passion, especially the passion of love. (New English Dictionary). [from Medieval Latin passionatus, ‘passionate’, ‘impassioned’, pp. of passionare, ‘be affected with passion’]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).


Pathematic:

• pathematic: of or pertaining to the emotions; caused or characterised by emotion. ~ (Oxford English Dictionary).

• pathematic: of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. [Gr. fr. ‘a suffering’; ‘to suffer’]. ~ (Webster’s 1913 Dictionary).

• pathematic: pertaining to or designating emotion or that which is suffered. [‹ Gr. liable to suffering or misfortune; suffering; suffer, endure: see pathos {viz.: related to L. pati, suffer: hence pathetic, etc., and the second element in apathy, antipathy, sympathy, etc., homeopathy, etc.}]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

Pathematic:


Pathologic

pathologic (adj.): caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology (=‘any deviation from a healthy or normal condition’); (synonyms): diseased, morbid, *pathological*; [e.g.]: “the pathological bodily processes”; “the pathological laboratory”. [emphasis added]. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).


Pathologisation:

pathologisation (n.): the act of unfairly or wrongly considering something or someone as a problem, especially a medical problem; (tr.v.): pathologise; cf. medicalisation; [e.g.]: “There is an ever-growing medicalisation and pathologisation of fatness”. ~ (Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus).


Patronise:

• patronise (tr.v.; patronised, patronising): to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward; (n.): patroniser, patronisation; (adv.): patronisingly. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

• patronise (tr.v.; patronised, patronising, patronises): to treat in a condescending manner, often in showing interest or kindness that is insincere; [e.g.]: “felt she was being patronised by her supervisor”; (n.): patronisation; (adv.): patronisingly. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

• patronise (v.): to behave or treat in a condescending way. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• patronise (v.): talk down to, look down on, treat as inferior, treat like a child, be lofty with, treat condescendingly; [e.g.]: “a doctor who does not patronise his patients”. ~ (Collins English Thesaurus).

• patronise (v.): to treat in a superciliously indulgent manner; (synonyms): condescend; (informal): high-hat; (idiom): speak down to. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).

• don’t patronise me (idiom): don’t condescend to me; don’t talk to me as if I were stupid; [e.g.]: “Sales Clerk: ‘Sir, you just need to put your card in the reader there, and then type in your personal identification number when it prompts you to’; Customer: ‘Don’t patronise me, I know how to use one of these!’”. ~ (Farlex Dictionary of Idioms).


Peace:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘peace (noun): freedom from disturbance or perturbation, esp. as a condition of an individual; quiet, tranquillity (serenity, calmness, placidity, imperturbability); freedom from mental, spiritual, or emotional disturbance; calm.’ (Oxford Dictionary).

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Peaceable:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘peaceable (adjective): 1. a: disposed to peace: not contentious or quarrelsome; b: quietly behaved; 2: marked by freedom from strife or disorder.’ (© 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica).


Pearler:

pearler (n.): 1. a person who dives for or trades in pearls; 2. a boat used while searching for pearls; 3. (informal Australia): something impressive; [e.g.]: “that shot was a real pearler”. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).


Pentateuch/Prophets/Hagiographa:


Peradventure:

peradventure (adv.; archaic): perhaps; perchance; (n.): chance or uncertainty; doubt. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).


Perchance:

perchance (adv.; archaic or poetic): possibly but not certainly; (synonyms): perhaps, probably, maybe, possibly, by chance, for all you know; (archaic): mayhap, peradventure, haply; [e.g.]: “Are we, perchance, overlooking one small detail?” ~ (Collins English Thesaurus).

perchance (adv.; archaic or poetic): possibly but not certainly; (synonyms): perhaps, probably, maybe, possibly, by chance, for all you know; (archaic): mayhap, peradventure, haply; [e.g.]: “Are we, perchance, overlooking one small detail?” ~ (Collins English Thesaurus).


Perfervid:


Persecute:

[Dictionary Definition]: persecute (tr.v.): (seek out and) subject to hostility or ill treatment, esp. on the grounds of political, religious, or other beliefs regarded as unacceptable; oppress. ~ (Oxford English Dictionary).


Perversion:

perversion (n.): 1. a curve that reverses the direction of something; [e.g.]: “the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion”; “perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords”; 2. an aberrant sexual practice; sexual perversion; paraphilia (abnormal sexual activity); 3. the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); [e.g.]: “it was a perversion of justice”; actus reus {Latin; lit. ‘guilty act’}, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing (activity that transgresses moral or civil law); [e.g.]: “he denied any wrongdoing”. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).


Perversity:

perversity (n.): 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline; contrariness; 2. deliberately deviating from what is good; [e.g.]: “there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism”; perverseness. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).


Perversive:

perversive (adj.): tending or having power to pervert or corrupt. [from Latin perversus , pp. of pervertere, ‘turn about’, ‘corrupt’, ‘pervert’ (from per, ‘through’ + vertere, ‘turn’) + -ive]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

perversive (adj.): tending to corrupt or pervert; [e.g.]: “Collective laissez-faire gives room for perversive behaviours in the electoral process”; (synonyms): corruptive, pestiferous, contaminative; [e.g.]: “A pestiferous malignancy corrupted the entire mail-in ballot-count”; “Unaccountable money suffused their corruptive policies with meanness”; “Free handouts, contaminative throughout the electoral system, perverted its integrity”; (related terms): malevolence, wickedness; evil (vile iniquity or flagitious depravity); [e.g.]: “The whole enterprise was infused with malevolence”; “It was an all-pervasive wickedness”; “Once set in motion the evil deeds multiplied exponentially”). [1690, from Latin pervertere, ‘to overturn’, ‘subvert’, from per- (indicative of deviation) + vertere, ‘to turn’]. ~ (Online Neoteric Dictionary).


Pervicacious:


Persuasion:

persuasion (n.): any group or type of person or thing linked by a specified characteristic [‡], quality, or attribute; [e.g.]: “Pictured on the poster was a collared clergyperson *of the female persuasion*”; “There were a couple of mismatched kitchen units, a butler’s sink, an ancient gas oven *of the enamel persuasion*, a leaking radiator and an odd-legged table with a red Formica top”; “Many people *of a bohemian persuasion* passed through her living room, from artists to drug addicts, notthat those classifications were mutually exclusive”. [emphases added]. [origin: Late Middle English: from Latin persuasio(n-), from the verb persuadere, from per-, ‘through, to completion’ + suadere, ‘advise’]. ~ (Oxford English Dictionary).

persuasion (n.): a class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members: breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mould, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).

[‡]The following examples are from a selective online sampling demonstrative of how the above definition (as in the above “any group or type of person...linked by a specified characteristic” that is) corresponds with everyday usage by the very persons thusly self-identifying. Viz.:

• “Like any good overly-neurotic male *of the homosexual persuasion*, I have a lot of irrational fears...”. [emphasis added].

[www.designsponge.com/2014/03/face-yo-fears-etc-learners-permit-edition.html].

• “Tinky Winky’s handbag accessory makes people assume the Teletubby is *of the homosexual persuasion*...”. [emphasis added].

[www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/19/printer_4512.php].

• “Those *of the homosexual persuasion* will find themselves drawn to South Beach...”. [emphasis added].

[www.fagabond.com/cities/miami/].

• “Head to the city beaches however, and you’re likely to see a fair few hunky men *of the homosexual persuasion*...”. [emphasis added].

[https://mygaytravelguide.com/going-gay-colombia].

• “In many ways, Dorothy was the original fag hag {i.e., the ‘Dorothy Gale’ character in the 1939 “Wizard of Oz” film}. It’s no wonder that the term ‘friend of Dorothy’ has long been used as a low-key way of asking whether a guy is *of the homosexual persuasion*...”. [emphasis added].

[www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/8905/camp-sites-wizard-oz/].

• “The word ‘gay’ meant many things before it was ever used in reference to those *of the homosexual persuasion*...”. [emphasis added].

[www.homorazzi.com/article/thats-so-gay-phrase-politically-correct/].


Phoresy:

“Phoresy is the act of ‘hitching a lift’ on another organism”. (viz.: www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/phoresy).


Phobia:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘phobia: (a) fear, (a) horror, (an) aversion; esp. an abnormal and irrational fear or dread aroused by a particular object or circumstance.’ (Oxford Dictionary).


Pi:

[Dictionary Definition]: pi (n.): 1. the sixteenth letter in the Greek alphabet (Π, π), a consonant, transliterated as ‘p’; 2. a transcendental number, fundamental to mathematics, which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; approximate value: 3.141592+; symbol: π. [C18 mathematical use from Greek π, representing the first letter of Greek περιφέρεια (periféreia), ‘periphery’, ‘circumference’]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).


Physician:

physician (n.): 1. a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine; 2. a person engaged in general medical practice, as distinguished from a surgeon; (adj.): *physicianly*. [1175-1225; Middle English fisicien from Old French; from fisique,‘physic’; from Latin physica, ‘natural science’ (Medieval Latin: ‘medical science’) from Greek physikē , ‘science of nature’]. [emphasis added]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary)


Piss-Weak:

piss-weak (slang, vulgar): extremely weak’. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).


Pleasaunce/Pleasance:


Pleonastic:

[Dictionary Definition]: pleonastic (adj.): using more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

Pleonastic:


Phoresy:

“Phoresy is the act of ‘hitching a lift’ on another organism”. (viz.: www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/phoresy).


Phobia:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘phobia: (a) fear, (a) horror, (an) aversion; esp. an abnormal and irrational fear or dread aroused by a particular object or circumstance.’ (Oxford Dictionary).


Polemic:

polemic (n.): an aggressive controversialist; polemicist; disputant (=one who is engaged in a dispute). [1626; from polemique, ‘controversial’, from Greek polemikos, ‘warlike’, ‘hostile’, from polemos, ‘war’]. ~ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).


Polemist:

polemicist (n.): a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology); (synonyms): polemic, polemist. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).


Posit:

• posit (tr.v.): 1. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate [viz.; to claim or assume the existence or truth of, esp. as a basis for reasoning or arguing]; 2. to place, put, or set; (n.): 3. something posited; assumption; postulate [viz.: something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning]. [1640-50; from Latin positus, past participle of pōnere, ‘to place, put’].~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

• posit (v.): to take for granted without proof; (synonyms): assume, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose; informal: reckon.~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).


Position:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘position (chiefly Logic & Philos.): the action of positing; the putting forward of a proposition; affirmation, postulation (now rare); a proposition laid down or stated; something posited; an assertion, a tenet’. (Oxford Dictionary).


Postpuberal:

postpuberal (post-pubertal): occurring in or pertaining to the period following puberty; postpubescent⁽*⁾. ~ (Miller-Keane Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health).

⁽*⁾postpubescent (adj.): subsequent to the period of puberty; (synonyms): postpuberal, post-pubertal. ~ (Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary).


Pother:

• pother (n.): an excited state of agitation; [e.g.]: “there was a terrible pother about the theft”; (synonyms): dither, fuss, tizzy, flap; agitation (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance); (v.): 1. make upset or troubled; (synonyms): charge up, commove⁽*⁾, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused); 2. make a fuss; be agitated; dither, flap; fret, fuss, niggle (worry unnecessarily or excessively). ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

⁽*⁾commove (v.): 1. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; 2. change the arrangement or position of. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

• pother (n.): a tumult; disturbance; confusion; bustle; flutter; [e.g.]: “We run, we strive, and purchase things with our Blood and Money, quite foreign to our real intrinsic Happiness, which have a Being in Imagination only, as you may see by the Pother that is made about Precedence, Titles, Court-Favour, Maidenheads and Chinaware”. (Sir Richard Steele, “The Funeral: Or, Grief A-la-mode”, 1701, I. 1.). ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).


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