aliquant
aliquant \AL-i-kwuhnt\, adjective
Contained in a number or quantity, but not dividing it evenly: An aliquant part of 16 is 5.
Cunning is the aliquant of talent; as hypocrisy is of religion; all the threes in the universe cannot make ten
-- Thomas Hall, The Fortunes and Adventures of Raby Rattler and His Man Floss
...even though that number was an odd number and by a quarter the number of his confiteors, even though four was an aliquant part of two thousand to hundred and nineteen, nothing being changed with regard to the masses...
-- Raymond Queneau, The Blue Flowers
Aliquant stems from the Latin roots ali- meaning "differently" and quantus meaning "great."
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antic
antic \an-tik\, adjective
1. Ludicrous; funny.
2. Fantastic; odd; grotesque: an antic disposition.
noun:
1. Usually, antics. A. A playful trick or prank; caper. B. A grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
2. Archaic. A. An actor in a grotesque or ridiculous presentation. B. A buffoon; clown.
3. Obsolete. A. A grotesque theatrical presentation; ridiculous interlude. B. A grotesque or fantastic sculptured figure, as a gargoyle.
From the subversive to the antic, the uproarious to the disturbing, the stories of Bruce Sterling are restless,
energy-filled journeys through a world running on empty.
-- Bruce Sterling, A Good Old-Fashioned Future
Grey Magic is a work of great scope and stylistic virtuosity, combining antic humor with immense sophistication, an Anglo-American setting with an Anglo-European sensibility and a profound insight into contemporary issues of both personal and collective resonance.
-- Richard Leigh, Grey Magic
Antic comes from the Italian word antico which meant "ancient." Apparently, it was associated with the fantastic figures of the Roman ruins and came to mean "grotesque."
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apophasis
apophasis \uh-POF-uh-sis\, noun
Denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated, as ?I shall not mention Caesar's avarice, nor his cunning, nor his morality.?
But I think that anything that is deep isn't love, it's deliberate calculation or schizophrenia. I myself wouldn't even attempt to say what love is - probably both love and God can only be defined by apophasis, through those things that they are not.
-- Viktor Pelevin, The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
"?Now, I have no desire to be a backseat driver?? Apophasis, Chris thought; saying you're not going to say something in order to say it. Nixon's favorite device, and Newt Gingrich's, and Karl Rove's?fine old
Republican tradition.
-- John Barnes, Directive 51
Apophasis stems from the Greek word ap�pha meaning "to say no, deny." The suffix -sis appears in Greek
loanwords, where it forms an abstract noun from a verb, as in thesis.
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