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Words for our modern age especially English words from Latin and Greek sources.


Word Unit: Poem: The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe [1784-1849], first published January 29, 1845 in the Evening Mirror (New York), where Poe was an assistant editor).

Word Unit: Poems: Index (list of special poems).

Word Unit: Poems: Richard Cory and The Rich Man (some things are not as obvious as we may think).

Word Unit: poen-, peno-, poino-, poin-, puni-, pain-, penal-, pent- (Greek > Latin: pain, punishment, penalty).

Cross references related to "pain, hurt; suffering, injury" word families: -agra; algesi-; algo-; angina-; dolor-; Masochism; noci-; odyno-; pono- (toil, work; pain); Sadism.


Word Unit: pogo-, pogono-, -pogon + (Greek: beard; referring to a beard or beard-like structures).

Word Unit: poikilo-, poikil- [on some occasions, poecilo-, poecil-] (Greek: varied, irregular, mottled).

Word Unit: polem- (Greek: war, warlike, pertaining to war; battle).

Word Unit: polio- (Greek: gray; pertaining to the "gray matter" of the nervous system, brain, and the spinal cord).

Word Unit: polis-, polit-, poli- + (Greek: city; method of government; citizenship, government, administration).

Word Unit: pollaki-, pollaci-, pollach- (Greek: frequent, frequently; often, diverse).

Word Unit: pollen (Latin: fertilizing male elements of flowers; fine flour; milldust; spores; powder).

Word Unit: poly- (Greek: many, much; too many, too much, excessive).

Word Unit: -poly, -pole, -polism, -polist, -polists, -polistic, -polistically + (Greek: used as a suffix; sale, selling; one who sells; pertaining to selling, to sell; trade, barter).

Word Unit: Polygamy Sections (Polygamy Parts 1, 2, and 3).

Word Unit: Polygamy, Part 1 of 3 (marriage comes in a variety of formats).

Word Unit: Polygamy, Part 2 of 3 (single marriages and multiple marriages ).

Word Unit: Polygamy, Part 3 of 3 (multiple marriages may be more widespread than we realize).

Word Unit: Polysemy and Polysemous (linguistic terms for words with two or more meanings).

Word Unit: pom-, pomo-, pomi- (Latin: fruit, fruit tree).

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