T: a new letter today...81 pages. A little different from the x's and z's.
tautology
tawdry
terrazzo
thigmotaxis
Thursday
Tuesday
tragedy
tragus
trigeminal nerve
tsutsugamushi
tu quo que
tungsten
turbidimeter
twelve
Favorite “t” word: tautology
Miscellaneous other ’t’ words: these are other words that I have underlined and made notes on; too many to approach for now. A future date awaits more discoveries.
ta (thanks)
Taal (Afrikans language)
tabard
tabor
tabula rasa
taffeta
Talmud
talon
tangerine
Tartarus
Tartuffe
tatami
taupe
tax, taxonomy
teal
telamon
tele-, telephone
Telemachus
tellurian
tempeh
tempera
tempura
tendentious
tenebrific
tenebrism
tenor
termagant
terra incognito
terrazzo
tertian
terza rima
tessera
tete beche
tetrahedron
tetralogy
tetrameter
Teuton
textus receptus
thalassemia, thalassic
Thalia
thaumaturgist
theatre
Theatine
the dansant
thegn
Thersites
Theseus
Thespian
theta
thimble
Thisbe
thixotropy
Thor
thorp
Thousand Island dressing
thrasonical
thremmatology
thrips
Thule
thurible
thyrse
thyrsus
tiara
tical
tiffany
tiki
tilde
timbal
timpani, timpanist
tincture, menstruum
tinge
tintinabulary
tiresias
tisane
titan
Titania
titanic
tithe
titian
titular
tmesis
tocsin
toile
toile de Jouy
tondo
Tongan
tonsure
tontine
toponymy
toreador
torero
toreutics
toril
torpid
torrid
torsade
towrtoiseshell
torus
totipotent
tow, towhead
tracery
tracheae
trachytic
trammel
tramontane
transom
trapezium
trapezoid
trapunto
trattoria
treacle
trebuchet
treillage
trellis
trews
tribology
trichotomy
trident
triglyph
trigraph
trilby
Trimurti
tripe
triphthong
triplicity
tripos
triquetrous
triskelion
Tristan, Tristram
triton
triumvirate, triumvir
trivet
trivia
-trix
trochee
troglodyte
troika
Troilus
Trojan
trollop
trompe l’oeil
trop-, tropo-
trope
tropic of Cancer, Capricorn
troposphere
troth
truculent
trundle bed
trypot
tryst
tsetse
tuatara
tunicate (marine animals that can reverse blood flow in heart)
tup, tupped, tupping
tuppence
turbid
tureen
turkey trot (definition)
turnpike
turpitude
turquoise
tusche
twa
tycoon
typhon
Tyrollean
tzaddik
tzar
tzigane
tzimmes
tzitzis
tautology: [Greek, tauto, same; contraction of to auto] Useless repetition.
tawdry: [derived from "St. Audrey"] cheap, showy clothing
terrazo: [Italian terrasso, terrace] mosaic flooring.
thigmotaxis: [Greek, thigma touch, taxis to move] moving towards a solid surface.
Thursday: "Thunderday" [German: thonar thunder, Donar god of the sky;
also Norse, thors dagr: thor, thunder, dagr day]
Again, the beauty of Norse derivations. See "Wednesday" under the w's: a tribute to Woden or Odon.
tragedy: [Greek tragos goat, aiedein to sing] Satyrs (goats) were the singing
chorus in Greek tragedies.
tragus: the prominence (triangular flap) in front of the external opening of the ear
I look at and examine ears every day as a doctor...and often think of Greek 'tragedies' and goats when I see the 'tragus.' I have mentioned this to medical students if they are of a literary bent.
Speaking of Greek tragedies, I recently read these: Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus, Lysistrada by Aristophanes, and Oedipus the King by Aeschylus. The themes were almost of secondary importance; the poetry of some of the verses was breath-taking; the humor as well. In Lysystrada (which, ironically, has the same plot as the new movie Chi-raque), the women are withholding sexual favors until the men stop their fighting and war like activities. Lysystrada keeps all the women in quarantine…but the women become “husband crazy.” One woman starts to run away and Lysystrada catches her. The woman says, “I am having labor pains and must see my mid-wife.” Lysystrada says, “You weren’t pregnant yesterday.” She replies, “But I am now.”
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