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ubiety
noun
the property of having a definite location at any given time; state of existing and being localized in space.
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Ubiety (also spelled ubeity and formerly ubity) is an altogether strange word whose literal meaning is 鈥渨hereness鈥�; its current meaning is 鈥渢he property of having a definite location at a given time; the state of existing and being localized in space,鈥� in other words, 鈥渓ocation.鈥� Ubiety comes from New Latin 耻产颈别迟腻蝉 (inflectional stem 耻产颈别迟腻迟-) 鈥渓ocation, position,鈥� formed from Latin ubi, the relative and interrogative adverb meaning 鈥渨here, where?鈥� and the noun suffix –别迟腻蝉, a variant of –颈迟腻蝉 used after i. Alexander Ross, a prolific 17th-century Scottish writer and chaplain to King Charles I, was the first writer in English to use ubiety. Writing on the qualities of souls, Ross says, 鈥淣either are the souls nowhere, nor are they everywhere; not nowhere, for ubiety is so necessary to created entities.鈥� Ubiety entered English in the first half of the 17th century.
how is ubiety used?
Strictly speaking, an unembodied spirit, or pure mind, has no relation to place. Whereness鈥�ubiety, is a pure relation, the relation of body to body. Cancel body, annihilate matter and there is no here or there.
Notwithstanding her uncertain tenure of ubiety, and, possibly, even of house and home for the next moment, she patiently yielded to her lot. Here to-day, elsewhere to-morrow …
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oligopoly
noun
the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors.
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Oligopoly, 鈥渁 condition of the market in which there are few sellers, which grants sellers great influence over prices,鈥� is modeled on the familiar noun monopoly (via Latin 尘辞苍辞辫艒濒颈耻尘 鈥渟ole right to sell a commodity,鈥� from Greek 尘辞苍辞辫峁搇颈辞苍 鈥渞ight of monopoly, exclusive sale鈥�). Oligopoly is a compound of the combining form oligo– 鈥渇ew, a few, little鈥� (most often seen in oligarchy 鈥済overnment by only a few鈥�) from Greek 辞濒铆驳辞蝉, of uncertain etymology. The element –poly, common to monopoly and oligopoly, is a derivative of the Greek verb 辫艒濒别卯苍 鈥渢o offer for sale, sell.鈥� Oligopoly entered English towards the end of the 19th century.
how is oligopoly used?
U.S. housing debates rarely involve the 鈥淥鈥� word. But oligopolies, a cousin of monopolies in which a few powerful players corner the market, are emerging everywhere.
If she鈥檚 stressed and wants to relax outside the shadow of an oligopoly, she鈥檒l have to stay away from ebooks, music, and beer; two companies control more than half of all sales in each of these markets. There is no escape鈥攍iterally.
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nonesuch
noun
a person or thing without equal; paragon.
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The noun nonesuch (also spelled nonsuch), 鈥渟omeone or something without equal,鈥� is a compound of the pronoun none and the adjective such. The word鈥檚 earliest sense was as an impersonal term or neuter word meaning 鈥渟omething unparalleled,鈥� a sense it still has. By the mid-17th century, nonesuch came to mean 鈥渁 person without equal, beyond compare.鈥� Nonesuch entered English in the second half of the 16th century. Middle English had the compound word non-swich, an adjective meaning 鈥渘o such,鈥� and a pronoun meaning 鈥渘o such person, no such thing,鈥� but not 鈥渟omeone or something without parallel.鈥� Nonesuch entered English in the late 16th century.
how is nonesuch used?
She is a nonesuch, of course. No woman in England, or out of England like her.
I had a good look at the Indianapolis Union Station鈥攁 celebrated architectural 苍辞苍别蝉耻肠丑鈥�and then took a deep breath, crossed myself several times, and approached the man at the ticket window.
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