odic
Example Sentences
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Another poem revels in smashing words and consonants together to find language for the delight of a demolition derby, its four-beat lines breaking forcefully against the syntax of its odic lists:
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2016
There is something along this road, call it odic force, or what you will.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
Even this idea is not unknown above ground, though it has generally been confined to enthusiasts or charlatans, and emanates from confused notions about mesmerism, odic force, &c.
From The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
The curves of their astral selves were sweeping inward to a point of contact which Paul knew subconsciously would be electric, odic, illuminating.
From The Orchard of Tears by Sax Rohmer
"Your scientific people would call this an exhibition of odic force, Brown--eh?"
From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
