Session 30

"Good Morning" gyaaanis...

Session 30

At the outset,
Some roots :

1.)
a.) frater : brother
b.) uxor : wife
c.) soror : sister
d.) mariter :husband

Usage :

a.)
Fraternize : to have a brotherly relationship
Maybe used to imply 'social intercourse between people inclusive of sex '
May also imply 'social relationship with subordinate in an organization'
Noun : fraternity -> brotherhood or guild
e.g medical fraternity
financial fraternity

Fraternal : brotherly, also refers to non identical twins

b.)
Sorority : women’s organization

c.)
uxorious : describes a man who excessively, even absurdly caters to, worships and submits to the most outrageous demand of his wife because of his own fear or weakness

uxorial : pertaining to,characteristico of, befitting a wife
e.g uxorial duties,privileges, attitude

d.)
marital : referring to a husband
includes marriage relationship of both the husband and wife
e.g extramarital affair : outside the marriage relationship
premarital sex :

2.)
rex, Regis -> Latin-> king
e.g. Tyrannosaurus Rex -> king of dinosaurs

Derived words
Regal : royal
e.g. regal mansion
regal reception
Noun -> regality

Regalia : Plural noun -> Literally and in olden days, referred to emblems or insignia or dress of a king
Now, it refers to any impressively formal clothes
or Decoration, insignia or uniform of a rank, position or an office
e.g. The 5 Star general appeared in full regalia

3.)

Madness

a.) Monomaniac ( 'monos' (single) + maniac) -> obsession to any single particular thing

Noun for the 'obsession' -> Monomania
Adjective -> monomaniacal

b.) Dipsomania -> morbid compulsion to absorb alcoholic beverages

'Dipsa' means thirst
Reason for the "mania" : May not be caused by anxiety or frustrations but by a metabolic or physiological disorder

Adjective : dipsomaniacal

c.) Kleptomania : morbid compulsion to steal, not from any economic motive, but simply because urge to take another’s possessions is irresistible

d.) pyros : fire
incendo/incensus : to set fire
ardo/arsus : to burn

Playing around, we get
pyromania : compulsion to start fires
incendiarism : malicious and deliberate burning of another’s property
arson : burning for money

Pyromaniac : sets fire to property for the thrill
Incendiary : burns for revenge
Arsonist : burns for money

e.) Megalomania ->Megas (great) + mania -> morbid compulsion of grandeur, power, importance godliness
e.g. : Hitler, Alexander the great have been called megalomaniacs

f.) Nymphomania : morbid, incessant uncontrollable and intense desire on the part of female for sexual intercourse
e.g. -> ?

g.) Satyromania : Male nymphomaniac ..so to say
e.g. -> ?

Derived from
Satyr : greek god, notorious for lechery



PHOBIAS

Morbid repulsions to certain conditions, things

i.)
Claustrophobia -> Dread of being physically hemmed in, of enclosed spaces

Derived from :
claustrum : Enclosed spaces

Claustrophobic : Adjective
Claustrophobe : Person

ii.)
Agarophobic : Dread of open spaces
These people prefer to stay shut up in their homes

Derived from :
agora : Market place

iii.)
Acrophobic : High places

Derived from
akros : highest



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