Prescient (adj)
Pres-ee-ent
Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
Early 17th century from Latin praescient- ‘knowing beforehand’, from the verb praescire, from prae ‘before’ + scire ‘know’.
Example sentences
“And now some dystopian fiction just seemed like a prescient warning”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
