Definitions

Speaking in Tongues/Glossolalia; T’other; Taken Aback

Tall Poppy Syndrome; The Terrible Twos; Tête-à-Tête

Thaumaturgy; The Moving Finger Writes ...; Theologian

Theoretical; Theory; Theoretical Physics; They; Their; Thing

Thrall/Enthrall; Throw Light On; Too Clever By Half

Torturous; Tralatitious; Transcendent; Transfigure; Transmogrify

Tried; Triumphally; Turpitudinous/Turpitude

Speaking in Tongues/Glossolalia:

T’other:

tother or t’other (pron. & adj.; informal): the other. [from Middle English the tother, alteration of thet other, ‘that other’; from thet, ‘the’ (from Old English thæt) + other, from Old English ōther]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

T’other:

Taken Aback:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘taken aback (naut.): caught with the sails aback suddenly, through bad steering or a shift of wind, and driven astern’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Tall Poppy Syndrome:

tall poppy syndrome (n.; informal Australian): a tendency to disparage any person who has achieved great prominence⁽⁰⁴⁾ or wealth. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

⁽⁰⁴⁾“This notion of tall poppy syndrome dates back to Ancient Greek writers Herodotus and Aristotle, with Periander, the second tyrant of Corinth, searching for the most effective way to govern his city; as they walked past a wheat field Thrasybulus took out a knife and cut the ears from the tallest stalk he could see – the inference being that targeting and removing the most eminent citizens from the city would ensure the safest governance – and almost a thousand years later the phrase has evolved into a more encompassing meaning where people of stature and merit are attacked or resented for feats which elevate them above their peers”.

(from “The Growing Chatter of Tall Poppy Syndrome”, The Journal, Newcastle, England; Nov 3, 2012).

The Terrible Twos:

Tête-à-Tête:

tête-à-tête (n., adj., adv., pl. tête-à-têtes; n.): a private conversation or interview, usu. between two people; {in close confabulation; [e.g.]: “the time-honoured tête-à-tête between physician and patient”;} (adj.): of, between, or for two persons together without others; {[e.g.]: “an invaluable hour-long tête-à-tête with the foreign minister”;} (adv., of two persons): together in private; [e.g.]: “to sit tête-à-tête”; {“it was a rare privilege to sit tête-à-tête with the guest-of-honour”.} [1690-1700; from French: literally, ‘head to head’; {from tête, ‘head’ (from Late Latin testa, ‘skull’, from Latin, ‘shell’) + à, ‘to’ + tête, 'head’].} [curly-bracketed insert added]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

Thaumaturgy:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• Thaumaturgy (n.): 1. the working of miracles; 2. magic; witchcraft, wizardry; (n.): thaumaturge; (adj.): thaumaturgic, thaumaturgical; (adv.): thaumaturgically; [e.g.]: “The naturalistic or humanistic conception of values repudiates the conception that with respect to intrinsic values we are natively incompetent, or born in sin, and can discern them justly only by some insight thaumaturgically acquired”. (Clarence I. Lewis; 1946).

[from Ancient Greek thaumatourgía ( θαυματουργία ‎), from thaûma (θαῦμα), ‘miracle’, ‘wonder’ + érgon (ἔργον), ‘work’]. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

• thaumaturgy (n.): 1. the working of miracles; 2. magic; witchcraft, wizardry; (n.): thaumaturge; (adj.): thaumaturgic, thaumaturgical; (adv.): *thaumaturgically*; {[e.g.]: “The naturalistic or humanistic conception of values repudiates the conception that with respect to intrinsic values we are natively incompetent, or born in sin, and can discern them justly only by some insight thaumaturgically acquired...”. (C. I. Lewis; 1946).} [from Ancient Greek thaumatourgía (θαυματουργία‎), from thaûma (θαῦμα), ‘miracle’, ‘wonder’ + érgon (ἔ), ‘work’]. [curly bracketed inserts and emphasis added]. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

• thaumaturgy (n.): 1. the working of miracles; 2. magic; witchcraft, wizardry; (adv.): *thaumaturgically*. [emphasis added]. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

• thaumaturgy (n.): 1. the working of miracles; 2. magic; witchcraft, wizardry; (n.): thaumatology; (n.): thaumaturge; (adj.): thaumaturgic, thaumaturgical; (adv.): *thaumaturgically*. [from Ancient Greek thaumatourgía (θαυματουργία‎), from thaûma (θαῦμα), ‘miracle’, ‘wonder’ + érgon (ἔ), ‘work’]. [emphasis added]. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

• thaumaturgus (n.): a thaumaturge or thaumaturgist: used especially as a title of Gregory Thaumaturgus (Bishop of Nescaecsarea in Pontus in the third century), from the numerous and wonderful miracles ascribed to him; [e.g.]: “Nature, the great Thaumaturgus, has in the Vocal Memnon propounded an enigma of which it is beyond the scope of existing knowledge to supply more than a hypothetically correct solution”. (“Edinburgh Review”, CLXIV; p.283). [Medieval Latin, from Greek θαυματονργός ‘wonder-working’; see thaumaturge]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia)

The Moving Finger Writes ...:

The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on:

A very free and selective translation, by Mr. Edward Fitzgerald, from lines penned by Mr. Omar Khaiyyam (1038-1131 CE).

Theologian:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘theologian: an expert in or student of theology’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Theoretical:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘theoretical: of or pertaining to theory; of the nature of or consisting in theory as opp. to practice; that is such according to theory; existing only in theory, ideal, hypothetical’. (Oxford Dictionary).

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Theory:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘theory: a system of ideas or statements explaining something, esp. one based on general principles independent of the things to be explained ...’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Theoretical Physics:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• theoretical physics: the description of natural phenomena in mathematical form. ~ (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms).

• theoretical physics: a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical \ objects and systems to rationalise, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experimental \ tools to probe these phenomena. In some cases, theoretical physics adheres to standards of mathematical rigour while giving little weight to \ experiments and observations. (...). A physical theory is a model of physical events. It is judged by the extent to which its predictions agree \ with empirical observations. The quality of a physical theory is also judged on its ability to make new predictions which can be verified by new \ observations. A physical theory differs from a mathematical theory in that while both are based on some form of axioms, judgment of mathematical \ applicability is not based on agreement with any experimental results. ~ (2022 Wikipedia Encyclopaedia).

• theoretical physics: there are two main purposes of theoretical physics: the discovery of the fundamental laws of nature and the derivation of conclusions from these fundamental laws. Physicists aim to reduce the number of laws to a minimum to have as far as possible a unified theory. Sometimes, especially in quantum theory, only the probability of various events can be predicted. (...). Most fundamental physical constants cannot be accurately measured directly. Elaborate theories may be required to deduce the constant from indirect experiments. ~ (McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopaedia of Physics).

They; Their:

[Dictionary Definition]:

• ‘their: in relation to a singular n. or pron. of undetermined gender: his or her’. (Oxford Dictionary).
• ‘they: in relation to a singular noun or pronoun of undetermined gender: he or she’. (Oxford Dictionary).

For example:

• [example only]: ‘... you are being side-tracked by an elaborate hall of mirrors which your co-respondent has erected in a \ vain attempt to disguise the fact that he or she will stop at nothing – up to and including outright tergiversation about grammatical forms – in order to promote his or her self-serving world-view/ mind-set’. [end example].

Thing:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘thing: an entity of any kind; (generally) that which exists individually; that which is or may be an immaterial or abstract object of perception, knowledge, or thought; a being, an impersonal entity of any kind; a specimen or type of something; an inanimate material object, especially (a) an unspecified object, one that it is difficult to denominate more exactly, (b) an inanimate object as distinct from an animate one; an animate entity, a living being (usually with specifying word); a supernatural being, a monster (frequently with capital initial); material substance (usually of a specified kind); stuff, material; specifically an actual being or entity as distinguished from a word, symbol, or idea by which it is symbolized or represented’. (©1998 Oxford Dictionary).

Thrall:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘thrall (n.): the state or condition of being in the power of another person; a person who is in such a state. [Old English thrǣl, ‘slave’, from Old Norse thrǣll]’ . ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

Enthrall:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘enthrall (vb. tr): to hold as thrall; enslave; (n.): enthraller, enthrallment. [16th. cent. from \ en + thrall]’. (Collins English Dictionary).

Throw Light On:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘throw light on/ shed light on/ cast light on: mental illumination; elucidation, enlightenment, knowledge; help explain. (Oxford Dictionary).

Too Clever By Half:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘too clever by half etc., far more clever etc. than is satisfactory or desirable’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Torturous:

Tralatitious; Tralatitiously; Tralatition; Tralineate:

• tralatitious (adj.): having been passed along from generation to generation; [e.g.]: “Among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor”; (synonyms): handed-down; traditional (consisting of or derived from tradition); [e.g.]: “traditional history”; “traditional morality”. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

• tralatitious (adj.): 1. passed along; handed down; transmitted; [e.g.]: “Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor”. (William Withington); 2. metaphorical; figurative; not literal. ~ (Webster’s 1913 Dictionary).

• tralatitious† (adj.): metaphorical; not literal; [e.g.]: “Unless we could contrive a perfect set of new words, there is no speaking of the Deity without using our old ones in a tralatitious sense”. (Thomas Stackhouse, “New History of the Holy Bible from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity”, iv. 1). [=Italian tralatizio, from Latin tralaticius, tralatitius, equivalent to translaticius, translatitius, from translatus, pp. of transferre, ‘transfer’; see translate]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

• tralatitious (adj.): 1. having a character, force, or significance transferred or derived from something extraneous; metaphorical, figurative; [e.g.]: “The primary and tralatitious meanings of a word”; 2. passed along as from hand to hand, mouth to mouth, or from generation to generation; handed down; traditional; [e.g.]: “Among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor”. (William Withington); (adv.): tralatitiously. [etymology: Latin tralatitius, tralaticius (from tralatus, translatus, suppletive past participle of transferre, ‘to transfer’) + -itius, -icius, ‘-itious’]. ~ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).

• tralatitiously† (adv.): metaphorically; not in a literal sense; [e.g.]: “Written Language is tralatitiously so called, because it is made to represent to the Eye the same Letters and Words which are pronounced”. (Holder, Elements of Speech, p. 8). ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

• tralatition† (n.): a change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a less proper but more significant sense; [e.g.]: “According to the broad tralatition of his rude Rhemists”. (Bishop Hall, “Honour of Married Clergy”, i. § 14). [=Italian tralazione, from Latin tralatio(n-), equivalent to translatio(n-), ‘a transferring’, ‘translation’; see translation]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

• tralatition† (n.): a departure from the literal use of words; a metaphor. [irregular for tralation; after tralatitious]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

• tralineate† (intr.v.): to deviate in course or direction; [e.g.]: “If you tralineate from your father’s mind, | What are you else but of a bastard-kind?” (John Dryden, “Wife of Bath”, 1. 396). [after Italian tralignare, ‘degenerate’, Latin trans, ‘across’ + linea, ‘line’; see line]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

Transcendent:

• transcendent (adj.): being beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable; being above and independent of the material universe. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

• transcendent (adj.): beyond or before experience; a priori; falling outside a given set of categories; beyond consciousness or direct apprehension;. having continuous existence outside the created world; free from the limitations inherent in matter; (n.): a transcendent thing. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• transcendent (adj.): beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding; [e.g.]: “the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought”; unknowable: not knowable; [e.g.]: “the unknowable mysteries of life”. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

Transfigure:

Transmogrify:

transmogrify (tr.v.; transmogrified, transmogrifying, transmogrifies): to change in appearance or form, esp. strangely or grotesquely; transform; (n.): transmogrification. [1650-60; earlier also transmigrify & transmography; apparently a pseudo-Latinism with trans- + -ify. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

Tried:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘tried: proved or tested by experience or examination; synonyms: tried remedies, tried and true, tried out, tested, put to the test, proved, proven, established, sure, certain, true, dependable, reliable, trustworthy, reputable’. (Copyright © 1998 Oxford Dictionary).

Triumphally:

triumphally (adv.): in a triumphal manner; pertaining to celebrating a triumph.~ (Oxford English Dictionary).

Turpitudinous:

turpitudinous (n.): characterised by turpitude⁽⁰²⁾. [etymology: borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō, “baseness, infamy”, from turpis, “foul, base”]. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

Turpitude:

⁽⁰²⁾turpitude(n.): 1. inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness; [e.g.]: “As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror”. (1886, “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”, by Robert Louis Stevenson); 2. an act evident of such a depravity. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

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