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aorist

(n): a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

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8 months ago sionnach said:

yeah, but does he know his Finnish locative cases?

8 months ago chained_bear said:

"The young gentlemen had been introduced to the first aorist, the ablative absolute, and the elements of spherical trigonometry; these they pursued with little enthusiasm..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 195–196

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zim (28 words)

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Joycean Vocab, by inkhorn

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