Word: 'thing' • Extended Annotations

thing

Extended Annotations

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of thing

Old English þing "meeting, assembly, council, discussion"
later "entity, being, matter" and "act, deed, event, material object, body, being, creature"

from Proto-Germanic *thinga- "assembly"

late 13^th century: of persons, often pityingly
circa 1300: things as in "personal possessions"

thing noun

a vagueness; a lack of precision

an object or entity not precisely designated or capable of being designated
an inanimate object distinguished from a living being; a separate and distinct individual quality, fact, idea, or usually entity; the concrete entity as distinguished from its appearances; a spatial entity
individual
a matter of concern; affair
things, possessions, effects
deed, act, accomplishment; a product of work or activity; the aim of effort or activity
something (such as an activity) that makes a strong appeal to the individual
a mild obsession or phobia
detail, point
idea, notion
the proper or fashionable way of behaving, talking, or dressing — used with the

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Specific examples and quotes of thing

Many of the entries could be marked by ☣. In its contemporary usage, thing has so many meanings, that the offered group of synonyms (from the same dictionary as the stated definitions) results in a colorful jumble! Here are just a few examples:

baby • being • bird • body • character • cookie • creature • customer • devil • egg • human • individual • life • party • soul • stiff

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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