Crepuscular is an adjective meaning “of or pertaining to twilight” (Simpson, 2017). The first known use of “exordium” was in 1577 (Merriam-Webster, 2005). Fabaceous appeared in Johnson’s first dictionary (Johnson, 1757, p. 757).

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In Scots, “deasil” refers to a clockwise direction (Dictionary. com, 2017). The term “ruckus” is an Americanism that came about in the eighteenth century (Oxford English Dictionary, 2017).

The “exordium” is the beginning of a treatise (Exordium, 2015).

The word “eadig” meant blessed in Anglo-Saxon (Jones, 1996, p. 250). The term originally referred to an agreement between the Vatican and a foreign power (Concordat, 2001, pp. 191-192).

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Simpson, J. (ed. ). (2017). Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed. ).

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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed. ). (2005). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Simpson, J. (ed. ). (2017). Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed. ). Retrieved from http://www. oed. com.