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Stultitia by Giotto—from his fresco of seven virtues and their opposite vices in the Scrovegni Chapel. Stultitia (folly) was shown as the opposite of Prudentia ( prudence ). Foolishness is the inability or failure to act following reason due to lack of judgment, stupidity, stubbornness, etc. [ 1 ] The things such as impulsivity and/or ...
These are usually experienced warriors who in battle purposely abide by contrary, foolish or crazy principles. Generally, they belong to military organizations that also take part in dance ceremonies. Only the "reverse" warriors use inverse speech, and only they do the opposite of what they are commanded or instructed to do (reverse reaction).
The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
English educated speakers pronounce it / ð ə ˌ h ɔɪ p ə ˈ l ɔɪ /, but use in the opposite sense of "elites" usually has initial stress on "polloi". [10] [1] Ancient Greek had phonemic consonant length, or gemination. Speakers would have pronounced it [hoi polloi˨˦] with the double-λ being geminated.
An oxymoron (plurals: oxymorons and oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction. As a rhetorical device, an oxymoron illustrates a point to communicate and reveal a paradox.
Hints and the solution for today's Wordle on Wednesday, January 22.
The spangram describes the puzzle’s theme and touches two opposite sides of the board. It may be two words. The spangram highlights in yellow when found. An example spangram with corresponding ...
Baka (馬鹿, ばか in hiragana, or バカ in katakana) means "fool", or (as an adjectival noun) "foolish" and is the most frequently used pejorative term in the Japanese language. [1] The word baka has a long history, an uncertain etymology (possibly from Sanskrit or Classical Chinese ), and sociolinguistic complexities.