Malcolm Ocean's roamblog

May 15th, 2023

edited 2023-05-15 · open in Roam
  • neologisms -ence
    • thinking about
      • coincide
        • coincidence
      • provide
        • providence
    • very rich words, kinda mystical
    • whoa — decay→decadence
    • decidence is "a falling off"
      • (decide = to cut away)
    • oh interesting, it looks like those first two pairs didn't exactly go together. same roots but the word forms go all the way back to french/latin
      • like english doesn't have a native way to turn provide into providence
      • but I waaaaant it to
        • -ence
        • noun suffix
          • 1: action or process
            • emergence
            • : instance of an action or process
              • reference
          • 2: quality or state
            • despondence
      • reside
        • residence
      • emergence, also so good