nice word: sequela
Feb. 20th, 2007 12:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javasaurusI've never heard/seen this word before today. It came up in a document I was reviewing, so I checked its entry at dictionary.com and found the following from the American Heritage Dictionary:
se·quel·a
n. pl. se·quel·ae (-kwěl'ē)
A pathological condition resulting from a disease.
A secondary consequence or result.
Might make an interesting title for a story or novel, or maybe as a descriptor for post-9-11, or the consequences of the invasion of Iraq.
The word is etymologically related to "sequel."
se·quel·a
n. pl. se·quel·ae (-kwěl'ē)
A pathological condition resulting from a disease.
A secondary consequence or result.
Might make an interesting title for a story or novel, or maybe as a descriptor for post-9-11, or the consequences of the invasion of Iraq.
The word is etymologically related to "sequel."
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Date: 2007-02-21 01:05 pm (UTC)i was actually having this discussion with friends last night... the group i'm in has folks who are multilingual, and they were asking us to guess words... i was good at it, but not because of a knowledge of the languages - more because of an interest in word origins and derivations
anyway - thanks for feeding the obsession! :-)