Lore Lucid Lexicon species
late 14th century, "a class of individuals or things"
from Latin species "a particular sort, kind, or type"
originally "a sight, look, view; outward appearance, shape, form"
a derivative of specere "to look at, to see, behold"
A 17th century etymological dictionary defines species as "a common idea, under one more common and more general"
The exact definition of species has never has been settled.
"Anyone quick to judge anything that is different — like a strange and wild species as bears, tigers or wolves — as hostile and uncompromising, could upon witnessing an incongruity to their usual understanding, which they indubitably consider to be self-evident in interpretation, only explain certain happenings within their nurtured mindset."
"Originals"
| ~☉~ | 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 |
