exoteric

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 24, 2008 is: exoteric • \ek-suh-TAIR-ik\  • adjective 1 : suitable to be imparted to the public 2 : belonging to the outer or less initiate circle 3 : external Examples: As specialist writing for a broader audience, Annette faces the challenge of producing an exoteric synthesis of complex information. Did you know? "Exoteric" derives from Latin "exōtericus," which is itself from Greek "exoterikos," meaning "external,” and ultimately from “exo," meaning "outside." "Exō" has a number of offspring in English, including "exotic," "exonerate," "exorbitant," and the combining form “exō-” or “ex-” (as in "exoskeleton" and "exobiology"). The antonym of “exoteric” is "esoteric," meaning "designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone”; it descends from the Greek word for "within," "esō." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.