Today's word: apodeictic (adj.) demonstrated to be incontrovertibly true.

For ever, religions of all persuasions have claimed to be the keepers of absolute truth. And that must be correct, because their holy writings say so. Years ago, a person questioned this authority at the risk of their life. Today, in some places at least, the risk is not so great for those with a different view.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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