Pronounced: are-uh-NICK-uh-luhs, adj
Notes: I have not run across this word
Yesterday’s word
The word epistemic means “of or relating to knowledge or knowing; cognative”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1920s
Background / Comments
Our word is newer than I thought. I didn’t have a clue to the meaning: I thought of the word “epidemic” – it caused me to mispronounce our word (“steh” instead of “stee” in the third syllable); in addition, I thought that with the similarity, our word may have something to do with disease. Nevertheless, I’m fond of our word, since I prize knowledge. Our word came from the Greek word epistēmē (knowledge) and is formed from epi- (upon; attached to) and histanai (to cause to stand).
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