Insight

Posted by R. Berg on May 24, 2001

In Reply to: Another dictionary entry posted by Bob on May 23, 2001

: : : : epiphany

: : : 1. January 6 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the coming of the Magi to Jesus at Bethlehem 2. a sudden striking understanding of something. (The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 1997)

: : : Meaning 2: You know, like on a cartoon, when a lightbulb appears over a character's head. Or a person "gets it" -- a sudden insight into an idea, problem, etc. The women's movement termed this insight as a "click."

: : This link goes to the definition in the American Heritage Dictionary: www.bartleby.com/ 61/6/E0180600.html

: It's a sudden insight, like "dictionaries exist!"

Or "Follow-ups remove links, but clicking on the post that had the link gets the link back!"

• Greek literal meaning M.Mazzucco 06/01/01