solstitial

Pronounced: sahl-STIH-shuhl, adj

Notes: I didn’t know the meaning when looking at the word; after seeing the definition, it seems obvious – do you know it?

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Yesterday’s word

The word solipsism means

• the view or theory that the self is all that exists or can be known to exist
• self-absorption or self-centeredness

First usage

Our word came into English in the mid-1800s

Background / Comments

I don’t subscribe to the theory in the first definition; moreover, it seems to me that if such a theory is followed, it would tend to lead to the second definition. Our word comes from the Latin words solus (alone) combined with ipse (self).