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- First recorded in 1350–1400.
- From Old French fust, meaning “wine cask, tree trunk.”
EXAMPLES OF FUSTY
- Those fusty curtains made the whole café feel gloomy.
- The board still clings to fusty policies from the 1980s.
proprioception
noun
awareness of the position of one's body
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- First recorded in 1905–10.
- Combines proprio-, meaning “one’s own,” + (re)ception.
EXAMPLES OF PROPRIOCEPTION
- Gymnasts need exceptional proprioception to flip and land precisely.
- Many martial artists practice with their eyes closed to sharpen their proprioception.
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- First recorded in 1630–40.
- From Latin hermēticus, pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus, a god known for alchemy and magic.
EXAMPLES OF HERMETIC
- A hermetic seal on the jar ensures oxygen stays out.
- The spacecraft’s hermetic modules keep astronauts alive in the vacuum of space.
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