A renowned philosopher was held in high regard by his driver, who listened in awe at every speech while his boss would easily answer questions about morality and ethics.
Then one day the driver approached the philosopher and asked if he was willing to switch roles for the evening"s lecture.
The philosopher agreed and, for a while, the driver handled himself remarkably well.
When it came time for questions from the guests, a woman in the back asked,
"Is the epistemological view of the universe still valid in an existentialist world?"
"That is an extremely simple question," he responded. "So simple, in fact, that even my driver could answer that, which is exactly what he will do."
- pron. (poss. Its; pl. They) 1 thing (or occasionally an animal or child) previously named or in question (took a stone and threw it).
- person in question (who is it? It is i).
- as the subject of an impersonal verb (it is raining; it is winter; it is two miles to bath).
- as a substitute for a deferred subject or object (it is silly to talk like that; i take it that you agree).
- as a substitute for a vague object (brazen it out).
- as the antecedent to a relative word or clause (it was an owl that i heard).
- exactly what is needed.
- extreme limit of achievement.
- colloq. A sexual intercourse. B sex appeal. 10 (in children's games) player who has to perform a required feat. that's it colloq. That is: 1 what is required.
- the difficulty.
- the end, enough. [old english]
IAL
var. Of *-al.
IAN
var. Of *-an.
IBA
abbr. Independent broadcasting authority.
IBO
n. (also igbo) (pl. Same or -s) 1 member of a black people of se nigeria.
- their language. [native name]
ICE
age n. Glacial period.
- blue adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) very pale blue.
- bucket n. Bucket holding ice, used to chill wine.
- cap n. Permanent covering of ice, esp. In polar regions.
- hockey n. Form of hockey played on ice.
- lolly n. (also iced lolly) flavoured ice on a stick.
- —n. - a frozen water. B sheet of this on water.
- ice-cream or water-ice (ate an ice). —v. (icing) 1 mix with or cool in ice (iced drinks).
- (often foll. By over, up) a cover or become covered with ice. B freeze.
- cover (a cake etc.) With icing. on ice 1 performed by skaters.
- colloq. In reserve. On thin ice in a risky situation. [old english]
ICS
suffix (treated as sing. Or pl.) Forming nouns denoting arts, sciences, etc. (athletics; politics).
ICY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 very cold.
- covered with or abounding in ice.
- (of a tone or manner) unfriendly, hostile. icily adv. Iciness n.
IDE
suffix chem. Forming nouns denoting binary compounds of an element (sodium chloride; lead sulphide; calcium carbide). [extended from *oxide]
ILK
n. - colloq., usu. Derog. Sort, family, class, etc.
- (in of that ilk) scot. Of the ancestral estate with the same name as the family (guthrie of that ilk). [old english]
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