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organum | po |

As a noun organum

is (music) a type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong.

As a verb po is

.

As an interjection po is

.

organum

English

(wikipedia organum)

Noun

(organa)
  • (music) a type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong
  • (archaic) A method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted.
  • * 1794 , George Adams, Lectures on natural and experimental philosophy
    • He has given us an organum of a different origin and construction from that of Arislotle
  • * 1823 , Thomas Wirgman, An Entirely New, Complete and Permanent Science of Philosophy
    • Another important circumstance respecting our transcendental esthetics is, that it does not insinuate itself merely as a plausible hypothesis, but is as certain and indubitable as we can require any theory to be in order to serve as an organum .

    po

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A peacock.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Australia, NZ, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot.
  • * 1988 , (Richard Hoggart), A Local Habitation, 1918-40 , Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0-7011-3305-8, page 67,
    • ‘Pos ’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.
  • * 1989 , (Leonard Woolf), Frederic Spotts (editor), Letters of Leonard Woolf , page 86,
    • There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.

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