I'm writing an essay about revelation and I want to say that revelation is not just about knowledge but the transformation of one's life.
To do that I'd love to say something pithy like 'revelation is both noetic and zoetic' but unfortunately 'zoetic' is not a word. I think it should be.
zoetic a. & n. 1 Of or pertaining to real life. 2 The branch of knowledge that deals with real life.
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Zoetic is allowed in Scrabble…
It isn’t in the Oxford English Dictionary… does that mean there is a higher authority on the English language?
Thus my proof that words allowed in Scrabble are not necessarily real words.
The full Oxford English, or just one of the shortened version?
The full OED online, accessed through Oxford University network.