Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who casts no shadow at noon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the
Ascii .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun person or thing without a
shadow - noun person or thing found close to the
Equator
Etymologies
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From Latin ascius ("without shadow"), from Ancient Greek ἄσκιος (askios, "without shadow"), from ἀ- (a-, "not") + σκιά (skia, "shadow")
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Examples
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I have no fundamental problem with these words, ascian, and there’s nothing more satisfying than the perfect use of a great word.
N.Y. Times mines its data to identify words that readers find abstruse » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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97 Nan ne dorste nan thing ascian, translated literally, becomes no one dares not ask nothing.
Chapter 9. The Common Speech. 8. The Double Negative Henry Louis 1921
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n. - joint or articulation connecting two bones. artuate v. - to tear limb from limb adj. - like or pertaining to a reed. ascian
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treeseed commented on the word ascian
ascian (ASH-ee-in)- a person without a shadow
January 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ascian
Identify the Wordienik!!
This was blafferty's chosen word. He says he knows he's not on here much, but thought maybe that's why the word fits.
May 9, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word ascian
blafferty is a he?!
May 9, 2011
blafferty commented on the word ascian
Whoops, nope! Sorry, tricked you!
May 9, 2011
michaelt42 commented on the word ascian
Richard Strauss wrote an opera about a female Ascian, unsurprsingly called "Die Frau ohne Schatten." An ascian artefact whose purpose is vitiated twice a year by its being on the equator is the gnomon of a sundial.
May 7, 2013