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Word: morgana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reader vaguely recalls a lovely term for a mirage-something Italianate. He checks Bernstein under "mirage, especially as observed in the Strait of Messina" and finds fata morgana. "Midget or dwarf leads to homunculus. "Ecstasy of a religious nature" brings forth theopathy. "Misstroke or misplay" discovers foozle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Mot Juste | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

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