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The senses of the very rare noun gree 鈥渟uperiority, mastery; prize for victory鈥� are either obsolete or Scottish. The Middle English spellings include gre and gree; in Middle English the word means 鈥渁 step, flight of steps; victory in combat; a prize for such a victory; rank, position, dignity,鈥� from Old French 驳谤茅, grei 鈥渁 step, degree.鈥� The Old French forms are regular phonetic developments of Latin gradus 鈥渁 step (literal and metaphorical), pace, stair, rung (of a ladder), tier (of seats), (musical) interval.鈥� Gradus, a derivative of the verb 驳谤补诲墨 鈥渢o walk, step, proceed,鈥� is the ultimate source of English grade, gradual, graduate, and degree. Gree entered English in the early 14th century.
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And here to win gree happily for ever …
A false usurper wan the gree, / Who now commands the towers and lands …
fictile
adjective
of or relating to pottery.
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Some of the meanings of the rare adjective fictile are 鈥渃apable of being molded; made of earth or clay by a potter; pertaining to pottery.鈥� Fictile comes straight from Latin fictilis 鈥渕ade of or pertaining to earthenware, pottery, terra cotta,鈥� a derivative of fictus, the past participle of the verb fingere 鈥渢o shape (from clay, wax, molten metal, etc.), create, produce, transform.” Also from fic-, a variant of the Latin root fig-, Latin has 蹿颈肠迟颈艒 (stem 蹿颈肠迟颈艒n-) 鈥渁ct of shaping or molding; pretense, personification; supposition, legal fiction鈥� (English fiction). From fig– Latin has the nouns 蹿颈驳奴谤补 鈥渇orm, shape, composition, makeup鈥� (English figure) and figmentum 鈥渟omething formed or devised; a fiction or invention鈥� (English figment). Fictile entered English in the 17th century.
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… in the fictile arts we can not approach the French and Italian potters of the sixteenth …
The chief function of clay in the fictile arts is its partial fusion upon firing, and upon this and the skill of the artisan who fires the kiln depends the product, which is wonderfully varied by the mixtures of fluxes and tempering material.
sagacious
adjective
having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: Socrates, that sagacious Greek philosopher, believed that the easiest way to learn was by asking questions.
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Sagacious derives straightforwardly from the Latin adjective 蝉补驳腻虫 (stem 蝉补驳腻肠-) 鈥渉aving keen (mental) perception or senses (especially of smell)鈥� and is a derivative of the verb 蝉补驳墨谤别 鈥渢o perceive keenly.鈥� The Latin forms come from a Proto-Indo-European root 蝉腻驳-, 鈥渢o trace, track down, investigate,鈥� from which Greek derives 丑脓驳别卯蝉迟丑补颈 (dialect 丑腻驳别卯蝉迟丑补颈) 鈥渢o go before, guide,鈥� and English derives 鈥渟eek.鈥� Sagacious entered English in the early 17th century.
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This also preserves the long-standing archetype of the infallible, unflappable and sagacious physician.
It was the service of a trained and聽sagacious mind, a cool and sure judgment.