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Oblation; Obviate; Oceanic; Odyssey; Old Fart; Onanism

One-Eyed; Gimlet Eye; Ontological; Ontologist; Open Sesame

Operant; Opinionated; Opportunistic; Optimism; Orbiter Dictum

Originative; Osmosis; Out of Whole Cloth; Outrecuidance

Oblation:

• oblation (n.): 1. the act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, to a deity.
2. oblation: a. the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist; b. something offered, especially the bread and wine of the Eucharist; 3. a charitable offering or gift; (adj.): oblational, oblatory; [Middle English oblacioun, fr. Old French oblacion, fr. Late Latin oblātiō, oblātiōn-, fr. Latin oblātus, past participle of offerre, ‘to offer’: ob-, + lātus, ‘brought’].

Obviate:

• obviate (v.t.; -ated, -ating): to anticipate and prevent or render unnecessary by effective measure; (adj.): obviable; (n.): obviation, obviator. [1590-1600; from Latin obviātus, past participle of obviāre, ‘to act contrary to’]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

Oceanic:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• ‘oceanic: resembling an ocean; immense, vast’. (Oxford Dictionary).
• ‘oceanic: resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree’. (WordNet 1.7).
• ‘oceanic: resembling an ocean in expanse; vast’. (The American Heritage® Dictionary).
• ‘oceanic: vast (very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range); great (remarkable in magnitude, degree)’. (Merriam Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary).

Odyssey:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘odyssey: a long series of wanderings, a long adventurous journey; fig. an extended process of development or change’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Old Fart:

• old fart (n.): someone who is boring and old-fashioned; people who are old-fashioned or do not like change; [synonyms]: dinosaur [viz.: ‘someone or something that is very old-fashioned and no longer useful or effective’], fogey [viz.: ‘a boring old-fashioned person’], fossil [viz.: ‘an insulting word for someone who is old and has old-fashioned ideas’], fuddy-duddy [viz.: ‘someone who has old-fashioned attitudes and is rather boring’] ~ Macmillan English Dictionary).
• old fart (n.; plural old farts): (pejorative, idiomatic) an elderly person who holds views that are considered old-fashioned; [synonyms]: fossil [viz.: ‘outdated’], geezer (m) [viz.: ‘an old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man’] ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).
• old fart (n.): an old man; a superannuated man; [e.g.]: ‘I feel like an old fart. My back’s stiff, my knees hurt, my teeth hurt’ ~ (Dictionary of American Slang).
• old fart (n.): a contemptible or tiresome person, especially one who is old-fashioned, stuffy, or close-minded; [e.g.]: ‘he was such an old fart’; ‘On television, there was some boring old fart in a suit talking about the dangers of credit growth’. ~ (Oxford English Dictionary).
• old fart (n.; plural old farts): (slang, insulting) an offensive term for somebody, usually a person in authority, who is regarded as being set in his or her ways and lacking a sense of humour. ~ (Encarta English Dictionary).
• old fart (n.): old-fashioned person; [synonyms]: dotard; dull person; fogy; fussbudget; fusspot; fussy person; granny; old fogy; old geezer; old maid; old poop; square; stick-in-the-mud; stuffed shirt. ~ (Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus).

Onanism:

onanism (n.): 1. withdrawal of the penis in *sexual intercourse* so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus; 2. masturbation; (n.): onanist; (adj.): onanistic. [1720-30; *after Onan, son of Judah (Genesis 38:9)* + -ism]. [emphases added]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

One-Eyed:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘one-eyed: narrow in outlook; prejudiced, narrow-minded’. (Oxford Dictionary).

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Gimlet Eye:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘gimlet: of an eye etc.: piercing, penetrating; dial. squinting’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Ontological:

• ontological (adj.): of or relating to essence or the nature of being; (adv.): ontologically. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

• ontological (adj.): of or relating to ontology (=‘the metaphysical study of the nature of being, existence, and knowing’); [e.g.]: “ontological speculations”. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

Ontologist:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘ontologist: a person who studies ontology; a metaphysician’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Operant:

Open Sesame:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘open sesame: a (marvellous or irresistible) means of securing access to what would usu. be inaccessible’. (Oxford Dictionary).

 

Opinionated:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘opinionated: having a particular opinion or estimate of a person or thing’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Optimism:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘optimism: the character or quality of being the best or for the best’. Oxford Dictionary

Orbiter Dictum:

Opportunistic:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• opportunistic (adj.): exploiting immediate opportunities, especially regardless of planning or principle. (Oxford Dictionary).
• opportunist (n.): one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences. (American Heritage Dictionary).
• opportunism (n.): taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others. (WordNet 3.0).

Originative:

originative (adj.): 1. having the ability or power to create; [e.g.]: “a creative force”; 2. containing seeds of later development.~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

Osmosis:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘osmosis: ... (fig.) gradual, usu. unconscious assimilation or absorption of ideas, knowledge, etc’. Oxford Dictionary

Out of Whole Cloth:

out of whole cloth (fig.): from pure fabrication or fiction; this expression is often put as cut (or made) out of whole cloth; [e.g.]: “Their story was cut out of whole cloth”; in the fifteenth century this expression referred to something fabricated from cloth which ran the full length of the loom; however, by the 1800s it was common practice for tailors to deceive their customers and, instead of using whole cloth, actually make garments from pieced goods; their advertising slogan, ‘cut out of whole cloth’, thus came to mean ‘made up, false’. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer).

Outrecuidance:

• outrecuidance (n.): excessive self-confidence or conceit. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• outrecuidance† (n): overweening presumption; arrogant or insulting conduct; [e.g.]: "Some think, my lord, it hath given you addition of pride and outrecuidance". (Chapman, "Monsieur D’Olive", iv. 1); "It is a strange outrecuidance; your humour too much redoundeth". (B. Jonson, "Cynthia’s Revels", v. 2). [French outrecuidance (= Italian oltracotanza, oltracuitanza), from outre, ‘beyond’, + Old French cuider = Italian cuitare, ‘think’, from Latin cogitate, ‘think’: see cogitate; viz.: from Latin cōgitatus, pp. of cōgitare, ‘consider’, ‘ponder’, ‘weigh’, ‘think upon’, from co-, ‘together’, + agitare, ‘shake’]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

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