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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Is apocalyptic used as a noun here? And "faith" refers to "religious faith"?
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It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'madcow' disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'madcow' disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
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` 'Apocalyptic' is an adjective. According to the OED, wax (verb) (followed by adjective) To speak or write (increasingly) in the manner specified; esp. in to wax lyrical , to wax eloquent So to wax apocalyptic is to speak or write, increasingly, in a prophetic manner.
- ` 'Apocalyptic' is an adjective.
- According to the OED, wax (verb) (followed by adjective) To speak or write (increasingly) in the manner specified; esp.
- in to wax lyrical , to wax eloquent So to wax apocalyptic is to speak or write, increasingly, in a prophetic manner.
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'Apocalyptic' is an adjective.
According to the OED,
wax (verb)
(followed by adjective)
To speak or write (increasingly) in the manner specified; esp. in to wax lyrical, to wax eloquent
So to wax apocalyptic is to speak or write, increasingly, in a prophetic manner.
'Apocalyptic' is an adjective.
According to the OED,
wax (verb)
(followed by adjective)
To speak or write (increasingly) in the manner specified; esp. in to wax lyrical, to wax eloquent
So to wax apocalyptic is to speak or write, increasingly, in a prophetic manner.
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