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penetralia

[ pen-i-trey-lee-uh ]

plural noun

  1. the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing.
  2. the most private or secret things.


penetralia

/ ˌɛɪˈٰɪɪə /

plural noun

  1. the innermost parts
  2. secret matters
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԱˈٰ, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of penetralia1

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin, noun use of neuter plural of Աٰ “inner,” equivalent to Աٰ() “t penetrate ” + - -al 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of penetralia1

C17: from Latin, from Աٰ inner, from Աٰ to penetrate
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Example Sentences

Like Kahn’s buildings, too, Lesser’s book has its penetralia, core elements to which one is only gradually led.

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My legation button carried me through the guard, and I found an excellent place under a cardinal's wing, in the penetralia within the railing of the altar.

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From beyond these, from the penetralia of kitchen and pantry, came faint indications of plenty and the spit.

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I hated the sound that saluted me morning, noon, and night; I shrank from it ever unaccustomed, for the penetralia of my brain could never be rendered less susceptible by piercing and searching its recesses.

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He seemed to feel pleasure in the opportunity of baring to the view of a stranger the very penetralia 448of his beautiful abode.

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