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".. they had carried back down to the four-dimensional world the memories of the way it had been before Lepidopt's salvific jump." -Tim Powers, Three Days to Never (2006)
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Salvific. Does it not have a cosmetic ( organic ingredients ) ring to it?
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formerly known as etaoin...
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Interesting; would 'redeeming' have served the same purpose, do you think?
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in this context (which you can see at amazon if you've bought there) he shades toward 'saving'; in fact, earlier in the para. he uses the word saved, so he probly was searching for a synonym in order to avoid repeating himself.
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better than salvatific? or salvationic?
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better too, than salvatonic.
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salvatonic That sounds like it ought to be an after-shave lotion!
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Ave atque salve quoth the Roman. Be hale and be well.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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salvatonic That sounds like it ought to be an after-shave lotion! Or hair-conditioner!
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