Personal Vocabulary

NOTE

My vocabulary in English is coming from an American point of view.

circa_preposition^{(Merriam-Webster)}
c.^Harvard
ca.^{University of Florida}
: at approximately, in approximately, or of approximately —used especially with dates

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de facto_adj.^{(Merriam-Webster)}
1
: ACTUAL
especially : being such in effect though not formally recognized
2
: exercising power as if legally constituted
3
: resulting from economic or social factors rather than from laws or

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de facto_adv.^{(Merriam-Webster)}
: in reality : ACTUALLY

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de jure_{adj. adv.}^{(Merriam-Webster)}
1
: by right : of right
2
: based on laws or actions of the state

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esoteric_adj.^{(Merriam-Webster)}
1
a
: designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone
b
: requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group
broadly : difficult to understand
2
a
: limited to a small circle
b
: PRIVATE, CONFIDENTIAL
3
: of special, rare, or unusual interest
esoterically

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et al._abbreviation^{(Merriam-Webster)}
1
: and others

Et al. typically stands in for two or more names, especially in bibliographical information. It’s preceded by a comma only when more than one name is listed (as in cases in which two or more texts are authored by the same person or by people with the same surname)

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etymology_noun.^{(Merriam-Webster)}
1
: the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
2
: a branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies

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gubernatorial_adj.^{(Merriam-Webster)}
1
: of or relating to a governor

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indemnity_noun.^{(Merriam-Webster)}
1
a
: security against hurt, loss, or damage
b
: exemption from incurred penalties or liabilities
2
a
: INDEMNIFICATION sense 1
b
: something that indemnifies
3
: FEE-FOR-SERVICE —usually used attributively
an indemnity plan

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tautological_adj.^{(Merriam-Webster)}
1
: involving or containing rhetorical tautology : REDUNDANT
2
: true by virtue of its logical form alone