'an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.' - 'Dates from ancient Greek times, where "deus ex machina" ("god from the machine") in a play referred to the act of lowering a god on stage using a cable device (therefore, a god from a machine) to decide in a dilemma and give fate a nudge, so to say.
These days, deus ex machina has the negative connotation of an utterly improbable, illogical or baseless plot twist that drastically alters the situation, as if the "deus ex machina" came down to give fate that little push.'
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991737495 commented on the word egersis
In theology, the noun means an awakening or resurrection
August 25, 2024
991737495 commented on the word hirsuit
derived from the term ‘hirsute’ meaning hairy, altered to spelling ‘hirsuit’ as in covered in hair as if wearing a suit of hair
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991737495 commented on the word abitory
(noun, archaic) a concealed location used for storage or to hide items.
August 14, 2024
991737495 commented on the word deus ex-machina
noun
'an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.' - 'Dates from ancient Greek times, where "deus ex machina" ("god from the machine") in a play referred to the act of lowering a god on stage using a cable device (therefore, a god from a machine) to decide in a dilemma and give fate a nudge, so to say.
These days, deus ex machina has the negative connotation of an utterly improbable, illogical or baseless plot twist that drastically alters the situation, as if the "deus ex machina" came down to give fate that little push.'
May 31, 2015
991737495 commented on the word retronaut
noun - "a person stuck in a time period; does not change with the times" - urban dictionary
November 4, 2014