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Games, activities and teaching ideas > word of the day: ataraxia
word of the day: ataraxia
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MarionG
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word of the day: ataraxia
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I am kind of stressed and pressed for time so I �ll keep this short.
Please try and come up with an alternative meaning for the wonderful word:
ataraxia
(no real definition, use your imagination!) |
20 Feb 2014
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edrodmedina
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Ataraxia: profound loss of weight due to playing on the old Atari game system. |
20 Feb 2014
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David Lisgo
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Ataraxia was prevalent in 19th century Britain, especially in northern industrial areas. It was a disease of the mouth with the main symptoms being toxic breath and a blackening of the teeth and gums and attacked mostly young boys. The condition began to die out with the introduction of bubble gum in the early 20th century. It �s a compound word formed from Ah! Tar (coal tar) and Axia (disease or condition) and was caused by the chewing of coal tar,
which was then used to seal paved roads. |
20 Feb 2014
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ascincoquinas
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ATARAXIA = a recent disease discovered by a Portuguese scientist Atar, which describes the behaviour of all politicians who sleep in the parliament, instead of debating important issues.
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20 Feb 2014
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oumsalsabil
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ataraxia is not a disease, it �s a name of a remedy introduced by ancient Egyptians to cure women of the royal family suffering from irritability. the drug
was actually a valuable atar (essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers) . The word ataraxia is made up from atar+ axia ( from the Greek word axios meaning worthy)
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20 Feb 2014
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sarguero
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Ataraxia was the capital of the ancient Atlantis
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20 Feb 2014
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edrodmedina
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After their very popular second album Abraxas (1970), Santana attempted to ride the wave of success of their latin-rock fusion music with the very dissapointing, albeit very calming, third album, Ataraxia (1972). |
20 Feb 2014
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MoodyMoody
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Ataraxia actually enshrines the memory of Ata-Malek Juvayni, a prominent Persian historian. He is credited with saving many racks (phonemically spelled rax) of books during the Mongol conquest of the city of Alamut in 1256 CE. So, ataraxia is the saving of books, especially rare and precious ones, from those who would destroy them and deprive the world of their calming effect. |
20 Feb 2014
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isa2
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Look here: this is the ATARAXIA, a special flower growing in the Rax, a mountain range in Eastern Austria) that resembles a species growing in the Atacama desert, the pata de guanaco.
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20 Feb 2014
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anaram
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It �s a medical condition associated with the loss of control due to a deficiency of tar. People who suddendly give up smoking or switch to low tar cigarettes can suffer from this disease.
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20 Feb 2014
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