Word: 'knowing' • Extended Annotations

knowing

Extended Annotations

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of knowing

from Middle English knawynge
from Old English cnawan "perceive a thing to be identical with another," also "be able to distinguish" generally (tocnawan); "perceive or understand as a fact or truth"

from PIE root *gno- "to know"

knowing noun

the fact of being aware or informed of something
acquaintance with or apprehension of a thing or fact
cognizance, knowledge
intimation, report

Details

Specific examples and quotes of knowing

A pure, unadulterated word

“...I was silly enough to share this knowing with others. There was no harm done though. Whoever heard me say that simply took it as romantic gibberish, or a girlie craving, or something else entirely worldly.”

"Weird Genius"
The Story of Your Ankh
by Sabina Nore

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”

by Carl Sagan

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Legend

~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

WEIRD GENIUS
The Story of Your Ankh