This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
whatness
fleshment
pejorism
uniquity
whereness

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(HWAIR-nis)

MEANING:

noun: The condition or essence of being situated or existing in a specific place or location.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English hwǣr. Earliest documented use: 1674.

USAGE:

“The ambiguity of ‘size or location’ is key to [Giorgio] Morandi’s indelible modernity. It’s as if he had set out, time and again, to nail down the whatness of his objects but couldn’t get beyond the preliminary matter of their whereness.”
Peter Schjeldahl; Tables for One; The New Yorker; Sep 22, 2008.

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