Saturday, July 31, 2004
 

today's vocabulary vitamin

ESOTERIC
(adjective) [es'·ah·TER·ik]

1. designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general public: "The esoteric religious references make the novel a difficult read." 2. private; interior; confidential; 'an esoteric purpose' adverb form: esoterically

Origin:Approximately 1660; borrowed from Greek, 'esoterikos': belonging to an inner circle, from 'esotero': inner, comparative adverb of 'eso': within.

In action: "erica may be a tad esoteric, but it is a more basic concept that she is vague."


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