Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2015/January

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Twelfth cake n

A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth Night (which is either the evening of January 5th or of January 6th, depending on interpretation)

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casuistry n

The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules or cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics. (pejorative) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling

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palinspastic adj

(geology, of a map) Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements

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