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The bloud..swels and opens the vessels, and breaks out into a Profluvium.
— Philosophical transactions · 1665–1752 (vols. 1–46)

profluvium, n. Now rare. A copious flow or discharge, esp. of bodily fluids. Also figurative.

property

Property, Bro

I drew this comic right after I started using a tablet to illustrate digitally, and was still learning how to use it. I considered re-doing this comic, but have decided to leave my crude copying of other’s intellectual property in place.


Whan that a riche, worthi king,… Wol axe and cleyme proprete In thing to which he hath no riht.
— John Gower, 'Confessio Amantis' (1393)

property, n. 1. The condition of being owned by or belonging to some person or persons; hence the fact of owning a thing; the holding of something as one’s own; the right (esp. the exclusive right) to the possession, use or disposal of anything (usually a tangible material thing); ownership, proprietorship.