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banausic -Word of the Day - May 31, 2024

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banausic -  (adj) - Relating to or concerned with earning a living; utilitarian; practical.

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His banausic approach to life left little room for art and poetry.

 

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Banausic is a pejorative. Ancient Greeks considered a life of leisure and learning their ideal. They had slaves to do menial labor and physical tasks, so banausikos (of an artisan, pedestrian) was beneath the intellectuals and viewed with disdain.

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Guilds might have begun in an effort to ensure that the common citizenry played a banausic role in society.  

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3 hours ago, Bill W said:

Guilds might have begun in an effort to ensure that the common citizenry played a banausic role in society.  

Please join m y organization to keep water wet.

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22 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Please join m y organization to keep water wet.

I'm going for instant water.  It's a powder that you just have to add water to and stir.  

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