weal: noun sound, healthy, a state of well being weal: noun the mark left by a blow or strike; as from a lash.
Weal/wealth fits the pattern: heal/health warm/warmth. For some words this works and for others it doesn't. It does seem to refer to 'health' in the sense of not strictly physical wellbeing: Prosperity; happiness. The welfare of the community; the general good. a sound, healthy, or prosperous state Weal is most often used in contexts referring to the general good. One reads, for example, of the "public weal" or the "common weal." The latter of these led to the formation of the noun commonweal, a word that once referred to an organized political entity, such as a nation or state, but today usually means "the general welfare." The word commonwealth shares these meanings, but its situation is reversed; the "political entity" sense of commonwealth is still current whereas the "general welfare" sense has become archaic. At one time, weal and wealth were also synonyms; both meant "riches" ("all his worldly weal") and "well-being." Both words stem from wela, the Old English word for "well-being," and are closely related to the Old English word for "well."
diegetic /ˌdīəˈjedik/ adjective adjective: diegetic (of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters. "the music used is strictly diegetic"
I was reminded of this word today - haven't heard it in a long time. trifecta Having three achievements in a field The tank relies on the trifecta of mobility, armour and firepower.
quinquesyllabic adj. having five syllables, ex: abracadabra hmm. . . quinquesyllabic is quinquesyllabic
I knew there was a term for this, but I had to go look it up. An autological or homological word is self-describing in that it expresses a property that it itself possesses. The opposite is a heterological word; for instance, the word "long," which is not a long word.
cipher (when referring to a person/persons) - a person or group of people without power, but used by others for their own purposes, or someone who is not important: The interim government is a mere cipher for military rule.
Cryptophasia is a phenomenon of a language developed by twins (identical or fraternal) that only the two children can understand.
demarchy From the same root as "democracy" - demos "people" and arche "that which comes first" (e.g. monarchy, oligarchy), also known as "sortition" In theory, it should mean "government by the people", but when democracy came into being, the term was already in use for something else. In modern usage, meaning "governance by lottery", in other words, randomly choosing people to govern from all of those eligible. In theory, jury selection is a form of sortition.
Blandishment noun a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something. "the blandishments of the travel brochure"
The dialect of locals. No admonishment was meant or intendeded. Pardon me if I was not clear in my post.
Propinquity noun FORMAL the state of being close to someone or something; proximity. "he kept his distance as though afraid propinquity might lead him into temptation"
