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thing

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 13th 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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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
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