Ute, Utah, uterus, utricle, Uther, Utopia, dystopian, The Tempest, Prospero, uvula, boitryoides, urea, uxorious

This will conclude the u's...many more to consider in the future of course.  Nice to have a Native American etymology here.  I will have to add that to the categories in the introduction.  

    Also, speaking of the "diminutive" suffix category, will have to add the ''-us" of uterus.  

Ute: [Ute, Yuta]  /yoot/  a member of a Native American group ranging through Utah and surroundings 

uterus [L. uter leather bag]  uterus is the diminutive of uter

utricle: part of the labyrinth of the inner ear 

Uther:   \oo' ther\  the Father of King Arthur

Utopia:  [L. ou, not;  topos = place; literally means "no place"]  An impossibly ideal place.

    Sir Thomas More first used this in his book Utopia, written in 1516

    Ironically, I guess the thought here is 'impossible.'  Ideal: yes; impossible: yes also.  But I don't submit to this pessimistic view.  Although our times now seem more dystopian, what is more noble, more necessary, more Cervantean, than to look for our own Utopia?  I was surprised and moved when I witnessed this in the intent, heart-felt looks of the devoted followers of Bernie Sanders during his talks, as they absorbed what he said from his heart in silence and concentration; a look I haven’t seen since the days of Robert Kennedy’s run for president.  Compassionate, altruistic, humble, self-effacing, pure, quixotic.  

     I finished reading The Tempest a few days ago and much of it was beyond me.  I do read favorite books over and over again, and it has been gratifying to hear Harold Bloom state the same.  He will read certain authors and their books every year or two… and I feel the same.  But, I digress.  What made me think of The Tempest and its connection to utopia was the thing I like most about good literature.  There are gems strewn throughout these writings; phrases, thoughts, symbols. 

     In The Tempest, Prospero, the wise father and Duke of Milan, is talking to his beautiful daughter, Miranda, whom he loves deeply.  He says “We are such stuff that dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep,” (4.1.156).   I am seeking my utopia, the stuff my dreams are made of.  I have found hints of such things in certain poetry, film, works of art and literature, Thoreau’s Walden being a prime example for me.  I will keep reading.  I will keep dreaming. 

uvula: [L. uva grape, diminutive] 

      In the medical field, the term boitryoides similarly comes from the Greek word for grape).  

    uvea of the eye (the iris and cornea)

uxorious: [L. uxor, wife]   \ek sor' ious\  Excessively submissive to (or fond of) a wife.