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kinesthetic
adjective
needing to move.
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Kinesthetic 鈥渘eeding to move鈥� is a compound of the Ancient Greek verb 办墨苍别卯苍 (stem 办墨苍脓-) 鈥渢o move, set in motion鈥� and esthetic, the adjective form of the English noun esthesia 鈥渃apacity for sensation or feeling.鈥� The verb 办墨苍别卯苍 is also the source of terms such as kinetic, a type of energy, and telekinesis, the superhuman ability to move objects with one鈥檚 mind. The noun esthesia ultimately derives from the Ancient Greek verb 补颈蝉迟丑谩苍别蝉迟丑补颈 (stem 补颈蝉迟丑毛-) 鈥渢o perceive,鈥� which is the root of terms such as aesthetics, the philosophy of beauty, and synesthesia, the instinctive visualization of colors when hearing sounds. Kinesthetic was first recorded in English in the late 1870s.
how is kinesthetic used?
The idea that individuals have different learning styles, such as auditory or kinesthetic, is a pernicious myth. [Education scholar Ulrich] Boser compares it to the flat-earth myth 鈥� highly intuitive, but wrong …. One major recent review of research, among many others, stated that the authors “found virtually no evidence” for the idea.
A couple of years ago, [Kelly Rahmeier] had a child in her class with partial hearing loss. She decided then to start teaching ASL to all of her students. It quickly caught on, and the students loved it …. ASL is not only an official language used within the deaf community, but it is also beneficial for children who are more kinesthetic learners as they can connect some sort of movement with a word or concept.
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distelfink
noun
a stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art.
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Distelfink 鈥渁 stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art鈥� is an adaptation of the Pennsylvania Dutch word dischdelfink 鈥済oldfinch,鈥� a compound of dischdel 鈥渢histle鈥� and fink 鈥渇inch.鈥� Although it contains the word Dutch, Pennsylvania Dutch is in fact a dialect of German, which is why it is also known as Pennsylvania German. A common misconception is that Dutch appears in this dialect鈥檚 name as an anglicized form of the German word Deutsch 鈥淕erman,鈥� but in fact, the use of Dutch here reflects an archaic definition in English: 鈥渃ontinental Germanic.鈥� Distelfink was first recorded in English in the 1930s.
how is distelfink used?
Inside the house a few hornets bumped along the walls and went wobbling across the room. The house was clean and tidy, with a few well-used pieces of furniture, the best of which was a schrank, or wardrobe, made of figured walnut. On one wall hung a framed piece of fraktur art. This fraktur had no brightly colored distelfink, the thistle finch that foretold happiness and good fortune鈥攁 common motif, and the one that decorated a painting in the parlor of the house where Gideon had grown up.
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haphephobia
noun
an extreme fear or dislike of touching or being touched.
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Haphephobia 鈥渁n extreme fear or dislike of touching or being touched鈥� is a compound of the Ancient Greek noun 丑补辫丑岣� 鈥渁 touch鈥� and the combining form -phobia 鈥渇ear,鈥� from Ancient Greek 辫丑贸产辞蝉. 贬补辫丑岣� is a derivative of the verb 丑谩辫迟别颈苍 鈥渢o grasp, sense,鈥� which is also the source of the adjective haptic 鈥渙f or relating to touch.鈥� Ancient Greek has two letters similar to English P: pi, which represents the 鈥減鈥� sound in spin, and phi, which represents the aspirated 鈥減鈥� sound in pin. Because pi and phi are pronounced similarly, many Greek verbs containing a 鈥減鈥� sound regularly alternate between pi and phi across tenses and forms, which is how the verb 丑谩辫迟别颈苍, spelled with a pi, leads to the noun form 丑补辫丑岣�, spelled with a phi. Haphephobia was first recorded in English in the early 1890s.
how is haphephobia used?
Pilati, a powerful captain of industry who happens to have haphephobia and dreads being touched, has thrown his support behind Claudia鈥檚 campaign to become the town鈥檚 first woman mayor. Perhaps Roberto鈥檚 time might be better spent tweaking both his surveillance equipment and his home life, and not playing junior crime solver.
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