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Conlangery 145: Building with Polysemy

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What Cynic Dictionary?

The word cynic is derived from an ancient Greek word meaning doglike. So that's really interesting the way that you do that. There was one, I believe, where you had a word for maritime things. This is in your presentation. And yeah, and because the like the sea goddess was, I think, associated with peace, is it? Yeah. Then it got extended into like following her religion and also being peaceful or tranquil. That led to interesting associations.

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