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kaross
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans karos, from Khoekhoe karo.s (“dried skin”).
Noun
kaross (plural karosses)
- (South Africa) A treated animal-skin cloak or blanket with the hair still left on.
- 1878, "The Caracal" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 81:
- In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide is made by the Kaffres into skin cloaks, known as karosses.
- 1897, James Bryce, Impressions of South Africa, p. 90:
- The wants of a native living with his tribe and cultivating mealies or Kafir corn are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.
- 1992, Mark Owens & al., Cry of the Kalahari, ?ISBN:
- “Our bedroom had a sweeping view of the water and clean sheets and towels had been laid out for us on a kaross of jackal pelts.”
- 1996, E Hausen, Human History at the Crossroads: Where Do We Go from Here?, ?ISBN:
- “For the first two years, of life a baby was carried in a carrier, lined with absorbent grass, inside her kaross, (a treated animal skin made into a cape...)”
- 1878, "The Caracal" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 81:
Anagrams
- Kosars, Srokas
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karass
English
Etymology
Coined by American writer Kurt Vonnegut in 1963, in the novel Cat's Cradle.
Noun
karass (plural karasses)
- A network or group of people who are somehow affiliated or linked spiritually.
- 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
- We Bokononists believe that humanity is organized into teams, teams that do God's Will without ever discovering what they are doing. Such a team is called a karass by Bokonon […]
- 2013, Felix Lebed, Michael Bar-Eli, Complexity and Control in Team Sports: Dialectics in Contesting Human Systems, Routledge ?ISBN, page 128
- Like all complex systems of this type, each “karass” has its own history (see Chapter 1, 1.2). This history is a selected and saved internal ethos of organization based on both social relations and common activity experience.
- 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
Anagrams
- Askars, Raskas, Skaars, kasras
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