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ravenhood

noun

Etymology

From raven + -hood.

  1. derived from *ḱrep-✻ — “to crackle; to rattle”
  2. inherited from *hrabnaz✻ — “raven”
  3. inherited from *hrabn✻ — “raven”
  4. inherited from hræfn — “raven”
  5. inherited from raven
  6. suffixed as ravenhood — “raven + hood”

Definitions

  1. The property of being a raven.

    • So a law of nature which said, say, that Ravenhood is causally linked with blackness would entail both All ravens are black and All non-black things are non-ravens, but would not entail a law linking non-blackness with non-ravenhood.
    • If this could be shown, the above statement would be systematically related to other statements about ravenhood in particular and the genetics of feathered creatures in general.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA