Panopticon (noun)
pan-op-ti-kon
a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
1760–70; pan- + Greek optikón sight, seeing (neuter of optikós; optic )
Example sentences
“THe building, shaped like a large cross, was a typical panopticon.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
