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Intrigue (2 syl.), comes from the Greek thrix, hair, whence the Latin tricæ, trifles or hairs, and the verb
intrico, to entangle; the Germans have the verb trugen, to deceive.
So a bald man cannot be guilty of intrigue?
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Yes, Bill, 'iota' is the Greek cognate for 'yod', both letters being the equivalent of 'i' or 'j' and written as a small single stroke. From iota, comes the English word 'jot'. In the NT, Jesus, speaking of the Jewish law, says that not a jot or a tittle of it shall pass away (King James translation). A tittle, according to MW Collegiate, is a small mark, such as a diacritical mark, from the Latin 'titulus'. So St. Jerome has it that not an iota or a titulus shall pass away.
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