Also known as a "garden hermit"; a person hired by wealthy landowners in the 18th century to live in solitude in a specially built hermitage, folly, or grotto on their estate, acting as a living decoration. They were expected to embody the qualities of a druid and live a secluded life, often with specific rules like growing their hair and beard long and not washing. In return for their service, they received lodging, food, and a stipend. Landowners and their guests might occasionally consult their garden hermits for advice, stories, or entertainment.
Landowners placed advertisements in local newspapers seeking ornamental hermits to live on their property for long spans of time (7 years, in one instance).One legend goes that someone's ornamental hermit was found drinking at a local pub 3 weeks into their tenure, thus breaching their contract.
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Definition:
1. The ordinal number symbol: 1.
2. The initial position in a sequential order; the primary element from which all others follow.
3. The principal, foremost, or most significant item in a ranked list or hierarchy.
4. Denoting the starting point in any process, series, or progression.
Significance:
• It defines the primary position with clarity and regularity, removing irregular morphological forms.
• It emphasizes primacy, priority, and initial status in systematic contexts.
• It identifies the lead element in sequences for technical, educational, and general use.
• It avoids incomprehensible and ambiguous pronunciations found in Germanic ordinal terms.
• It simplifies teaching (ensignating), indexing, and communication about order and rank.
• It improves precision in descriptions of lists, degrees, priorities, and hierarchies.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "first" with a consistent Latinized ordinal pattern.
Ordinal number:
zeral (0-al)
onal (primal) (1-al)
dual (second) (2-al)
trial (3-al)
quadal (4-al)
quintal (5-al)
sextal (6-al)
septal (7-al)
octal (8-al)
nonal (9-al)
decal (10-al)
Cardinal number:
zero (0)
one (1)
duo (2)
trio (3)
quad (4)
quinto (5)
sexto (6)
septo (7)
octo (8)
nono (9)
deco (10)
Definition:
1. The ordinal number symbol: 1.
2. The initial position in a sequential order; the primary element from which all others follow.
3. The principal, foremost, or most significant item in a ranked list or hierarchy.
4. Denoting the starting point in any process, series, or progression.
Significance:
• It defines the primary position with clarity and regularity, removing irregular morphological forms.
• It emphasizes primacy, priority, and initial status in systematic contexts.
• It identifies the lead element in sequences for technical, educational, and general use.
• It avoids incomprehensible and ambiguous pronunciations found in Germanic ordinal terms.
• It simplifies teaching (ensignating), indexing, and communication about order and rank.
• It improves precision in descriptions of lists, degrees, priorities, and hierarchies.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "first" with a consistent Latinized ordinal pattern.
Ordinal number:
zeral (0-al)
onal (primal) (1-al)
dual (second) (2-al)
trial (3-al)
quadal (4-al)
quintal (5-al)
sextal (6-al)
septal (7-al)
octal (8-al)
nonal (9-al)
decal (10-al)
Cardinal number:
zero (0)
one (1)
duo (2)
trio (3)
quad (4)
quinto (5)
sexto (6)
septo (7)
octo (8)
nono (9)
deco (10)
Examples:
• "Please refer to the onal chapter for introductory concepts and definitions."
• "Her name appears in the onal position on the leaderboard after the final race."
• "Complete the onal degree before proceeding to configure additional settings."
• "This principle is of onal importance to the entire philosophical system."
• "The onal item on the agenda is the approval of the previous assembly minutes."
• "Please refer to the onal chapter for introductory concepts and definitions."
• "Her name appears in the onal position on the leaderboard after the final race."
• "Complete the onal degree before proceeding to configure additional settings."
• "This principle is of onal importance to the entire philosophical system."
• "The onal item on the agenda is the approval of the previous assembly minutes."
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Paul took out his dick and the jot girl in the bus next to us started giving him mobile oral fenestration.
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b) a car that is such a bucket, that you've given up on it, so it just sits gathering rust, vermin, and the occasional stoner.
b) a car that is such a bucket, that you've given up on it, so it just sits gathering rust, vermin, and the occasional stoner.
a) My neighbor bought a new Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG last year. I swear, the car hasn't moved since he drove it home from the dealership back in May. I swear, it's become a Driveway Ornament.
b)
Guy 1: Hey, is that your Dad's Impala outside?
Guy 2: yeah, but it doesn't work anymore.
Guy 1: has it achieved Driveway Ornament status yet?
Guy 2: most definitely, bro.
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Guy 1: Hey, is that your Dad's Impala outside?
Guy 2: yeah, but it doesn't work anymore.
Guy 1: has it achieved Driveway Ornament status yet?
Guy 2: most definitely, bro.
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No parenting or training involved.. electronic visual stimulation is usually all the parenting skills used
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Billy and Buffy are up to 2 life ornaments, one dog and one boy.. they both crap in the house
She has 4 life ornaments and one hell of a child support check
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