Word: 'special' • Extended Annotations

special

Extended Annotations

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of special

circa 1300, "person or thing set aside for a particular purpose or occasion"

Latin specialis, "derivative; specific, particular, not general"

special noun

for noun usage only: an ambitious artificial

one that is used for a special service or occasion
something (such as a television program) that is not part of a regular series
a featured dish at a restaurant

special adjective

designed for a particular purpose or occasion
being other than the usual
readily distinguishable from others of the same category
of, relating to, or constituting a species: specific
held in particular esteem
distinguished by some unusual quality

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Specific examples and quotes of special

"“Fascies?” Ambyah resounded.

He paused for a moment, “Those bound to the causal nexus, or what you term artificium, who have the form of men with no awareness of what it means to be man. You know them. The same is true of specials, except they swell their motion significator by amassing fascies."

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

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~☉~	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