Aquarius 9: A flag turned into an eagle

T h e w o r d f l ag d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e In d o E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t p l a k-1 w h i c h m e a n s t o b e f l a t . 1 P a r o n ym s i n c l u d e f l o w, f la ke ,

f l a w, p la c eb o , p l a cid, p l ea , p le a d, p l e a sa n t, p l ea s e, co m p l a c en t, c o mp l ai s a nt , s u p p le , i m p la c a b le, p l a c at e, pl a n c he t, p l a n k, p la gi a ry, p l aya , p la c en t a , a n d a rc h i pe l a go .

T h e w o r d t u rn d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E ro o t t e re -1 , t o r u b , t u r n . I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l u d e t h e w o r d s a t re si a ( t h e a b se n ce o r c l o su r e o f a n o r m a l b o d y o r i f i c e o r t u b u l a r p a s sa g e ) , a tt orn e y , at t rit i o n , c ont o u r , c o nt ri te ,

de t o u r , di at ri be , dre dge ( t o c o a t f o o d b y s p r i n k l i n g w i t h a p o w d e r, s u c h
a s f l o u r o r s u g a r ) , d r i l l , ret u rn , t h ra sh , t h rea d , t h re s h , tra u m a , t ri t e , a n d

t ro u t . 2
T h e w o r d e a gl e d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e M i d d l e E n g l i s h e g l e , t he f r o m O l d Provenal aigla, and the Latin aquila.3 Specifically it is any of various large d i u r n a l b i r d s o f p re y o f t h e f a mi l y A cc i p i t r i d a e , i n c l u d i n g m e m b e r s o f t h e g e n e r a A qu il a a n d H a l i a e e t u s , c h a ra c t e r i z e d b y a p o w e r f u l h o o k e d b i l l , k e e n v i s i on , l on g b r o a d w i n g s, a n d s t r o n g s o a r i n g f l i g h t . 4 T H E M E S : T h e f i r st t h e m e c on c e r n s O RI GI NAL IT Y o r t h e la c k t h e r e o f . T h e f i r s t i s t he w o r d t r i t e w h i c h i s a p a r o n y m o f t u r n. It m e a n s la c k i n g p o w e r t o e v o k e i n t e r e s t t h r o u g h o v e r u s e o r r e p e t i t i on ; h a c k n e y e d o r f r a y e d o r w o r n o ut b y u s e . 5 T h e n t h e r e i s p l a g i a r i z e , a p a r o n y m o f f l a g , w h i c h m e a n s t o p u t f o r t h a s o ri g i n a l t o o n e s e l f t he i d e a s o r w o r d s o f a n o t h e r. 6

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T h e r e a r e a l s o t w o d i f f e r e n t k i n d s o f EMOT IONA LL Y -LADE N SP EECH p l e a a n d d i a t r i be . T h e f o r m e r i s a p a r o n y m o f f l a g a n d me a n s a re q u e s t m a d e i n a n u r g e n t a n d e m o t i o n a l m a n n e r . 7 T h e l a t t e r i s a p a r on y m o f t u r n a n d m e a n s a f o r c e f u l a n d b i t t e r v e r b a l a t t a c k a ga i n s t s o m e on e o r something.8 T h e r e a r e a l s o a va r i e t y o f LE GA L a n d MED ICAL TE RMS . In t h e la t t e r c a t e g o r y t h e re a r e : p l a c eb o a n d p la c en t a b o t h p a r o n y ms o f f l a g a n d t h e r e a r e a t re s i a a n d t ra u m a w h i c h a r e p a r o n y m s o f t u rn . A s f o r L EGA L TE RMS t h e re i s p l ea ( t he a n s w e r o f t he a c c u se d t o a c ri mi n a l c ha r g e o r i n d i c t me n t ) , a p a ro n y m o f f l a g ; a tt o rn e y ( a l a w y e r , e sp e c i a l l y on e w h o r e p r e s e n t s p e o p l e i n c o u r t ) , a p a r o n ym o f t ur n , a n d t h e i d i o m a t i c e x p r e s si o n le g a l e a g le , i . e . a s k i l l f ul a n d a d r o i t a t to rne y . 9 F i n a l l y , w e mi g h t n o t e t ha t t he r e i s a n a u r a l a n d se m a n t i c H A RDNE S S t o t h e p a r on y m s o f t u r n (e . g. d r il l , dr e d g e , t h r a s h , t h r e sh , t r a u ma ) a n d a c o m p a r a t i v e s o ft n e s s a m o n g t he p a r on y m s o f f l a g (e . g. fl o w , p l a c i d , p l e a , p l e a s in g , c o m p l a c e n t , s u p p l e ).

7 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plea?view=uk 8 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/diatribe 9 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/legal_eagle Starling Hunter 2011 2