Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed. · An apparently insoluble contradiction or tension, especially in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker; a paradox.
Borrowed from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía), from ἄπορος (áporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”). By surface analysis, a- + pore + -ia.
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- Root classification mention*per- (fare)ine-pro
- Borrowed-form mentionaporiala
- Derivation mentionἀπορίαgrc
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