patrician, aristocrat, contortionist, contortions of the sibyl, oracle

a contorted group-photo with Marie-Berthe Aurenche, Max Ernst, Lee Miller, Man Ray, 1931

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"This droll Fellow as well as his Betters
Knows how to form the Writing Letters."

An alphabetic contortionist from a rich tradition: https://buff.ly/2Ih6AR0

The Washington Post leads with the lashing that lawmakers delivered Alan Greenspan, the man who was once referred to as "the Oracle" on the economy. Angry lawmakers trampled over themselves to blame the former Federal Reserve chairman for the current crisis and criticize decisions Greenspan made during his 18-year tenure.







aristocrat

音節a • ris • to • crat
発音ərístəkræ`t，ǽrəs-

[名詞]
1上流［特権］階級の人；(特に)貴族(階級の人).
2貴族的な人，貴族趣味の人.
3貴族政治主義者.
4最高級品，極上品，最良種

the aristocrat of California wines
カリフォルニアワインの極上物.語源1776.＜フランス語 aristocrate〔aristocratie「貴族階級(ARISTOCRACY)」からの逆成〕


patrician

音節pa • tri • cian
発音pətríʃən

[名詞]
1(一般に)高位の人；貴族；名門の士，門閥の人.
2貴族，パトリキ：古代ローマにおける初期の元老院議員.
3パトリキウス：後期ローマ帝国，ビザンチン帝国支配下において皇帝から授けられた爵位［位階］.
4(中世ドイツ・スイス・イタリアの自由都市の世襲の)支配階級の人.
━━ [形容詞]
1高位の；貴族の家柄の.
2貴族にふさわしい，貴族的な，貴族特有の，名門の

patrician tastes
貴族趣味
a patrician nose
貴族的な鼻.
3古代ローマの貴族の.
4非民主的な，専制的な.

語源＜ラテン語 patrici(us)パトリキ(pater FATHER より)+-AN；中期英語 patricion に取って代わる＜古期フランス語 patricien
patricianの派生語
patricianhood [名詞]
patricianship [名詞]
patricianism [名詞]
patricianly [副詞]

Patrician vs Aristocrat - What's the difference? patrician | aristocrat | As nouns the difference between patrician and aristocrat  is that patrician is (antiquity) a member of any of the families constituting the populus romanus, or body of roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the roman senate while aristocrat is one of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in revolutionary france). As a adjective patrician  is of or pertaining to the roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. patrician English Alternative forms * patritian (obsolete) Noun (en-noun) (antiquity) a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate. A person of high birth; a nobleman. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life. Adjective (en-adj) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. * Sir Walter Scott born in the patrician file of society * Addison his horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood External links * (projectlink) aristocrat English (Aristocracy) Noun (en-noun) One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France). A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government. * 1974 : (2nd edition, revised; Penguin Classics; ISBN 0140440488), Translator’s Introduction, pages 51 and 53: Professor Fite, in The Platonic Legend , deprecates earlier idealization, and finds Plato to be an aristocrat , something of a snob, and the advocate of a restrictively organized society. Plato was, as has so often been observed, temperamentally an aristocrat . And he believed that the qualities needed in his rulers were, in general, hereditary, and that given knowledge and opportunity you could deliberately breed for them. Related terms * aristocracy * aristocratic Hyponyms * See also

sib·yl (sĭb'əl) 
n.

1. One of a number of women regarded as oracles or prophets by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
2. A woman prophet.

[Middle English sibile, from Old French, from Latin Sibylla, from Greek Sibulla.]

 It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration. — Edmund Burke (1729-1797), British statesman, from Prior's Life of Burke.



contort verb [I or T]
to (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form:
His face contorted with bitterness and rage.

contorted
adjective
contorted limbs/branches

contortion
noun [C or U]
facial/bodily contortions

contortionist
noun [C]someone who can twist their body into shapes positions that ordinary people cannot

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)Sibyl

Prophetess of Greek legend. She was a figure of the mythical past whose prophecies, phrased in Greek hexameters, were handed down in writing. In the late 4th century BC, the number of Sibyls multiplied, and the term sibyl was treated as a title. Sibyls were associated with various oracles, especially those of Apollo, who was said to be their inspiration. They were typically depicted as extremely old women who lived in caves and delivered their prophecies in an ecstatic frenzy. A famous collection of prophecies, the Sibylline Books, was traditionally kept in the temple of Jupiter, to be consulted only in emergencies.

The most famous Sibyl in antiquity was that of Cumae in Campania (sometimes identified with the Erythraean) whom Virgil represents as being visited by Aeneas (see AENEID 6). The cave in which she lived still exists. Her prophecies were said to have been inscribed on palm-leaves. According to legend she offered nine volumes of oracles to the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, at a high price. When he refused to buy she burned three volumes and offered the remainder at the same price. When he again refused she burned three more, and finally sold the last three to him at the original price. The king is said to have entrusted these Sibylline books (libri Sibyllini) to the care of two patricians.

Greenspan, once more 格林斯潘蒼然走下神壇

美國前聯邦儲備局局長格林斯潘承認，他賴以執行美國貨幣政策十八年的主導思想：自由市場概念，在全球經濟危機中給暴露了"錯誤"。
《衛報》的頭條標題說："格林斯潘 - 關於經濟，我錯了，大約是這樣。"
格林斯潘長期反對監管，但是昨天他在美國國會委員會上說在他對銀行業採取的放任政策方面，他有"部分錯誤"。 報道說，格林斯潘被讚譽為戰後最長期繁榮的策劃者，這是他首次承認在席捲全球銀行系統的危機中曾經犯錯。

《國際先驅論壇報》的頭條標題說："格林斯潘罕見地承認失誤"。 格林斯潘今年面對著越來越大的批評，因為他曾經力抗對信貸衍生工具的管制，這個沒有管理的市場是造成目前經濟危機的部分原因。

Greenspan Admits Errors To Hostile House Panel