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‖ clinamen|klaɪˈneɪmɛn|
[L., f. clīnā-re to incline, found in pa. pple. clīnātus: cf. decline.]
An inclination, bias.
1704Swift T. Tub ix. 106 The round and the square would, by certain clinamina, unite. 1823De Quincey Let. Young Man, Wks. XIII. 85 An insensible clinamen (to borrow a Lucretian word) prepares the way for it. 1827Hare Guesses (1859) 226 No old word; which, with a slight clinamen given to its meaning, will answer the purpose. |