3 April 2015

apocalypse

[uh-pok-uh-lips]

noun
1. (initial capital letter) revelation (def 4).
2. any of a class of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 b.c. to a.d. 350 and were assumed to make revelations of the ultimate divine purpose.
3. a prophetic revelation, especially concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil.
4. any revelation or prophecy.
5. any universal or widespread destruction or disaster:
the apocalypse of nuclear war.

Origin
Middle English, Late Latin, Greek
1125-1175; Middle English < Late Latin apocalypsis < Greek apokálypsis revelation, equivalent to apokalýp (tein) to uncover, reveal ( apo- apo- + kalýptein to cover, conceal) + -sis -sis

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cosy appeal
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Today’s aphorism

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.

– Socrates

On this day

3 April 1973 – the world’s first mobile phone call is made from a Manhattan street corner, by Motorola’s Martin Cooper to his rival, Joel Engel from Bell.

3 April 1882 – death of Jesse James, U.S. outlaw. (Born 5 September 1847).