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permutation
From "per" for thoroughly and "mutare" for to change. Interesting that the mathematical sense came into being in 1878
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Re: permutation
One of the pleasures of the Agora and the Good Word history is to see the often odd and bizarre permutations of meanings.
What a twisted web we weave with our words!
What a twisted web we weave with our words!
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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