Lexicon:Modern/bwylei
| bwylei | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbwɪ.leɪ/ |
| Part of speech | Adjective; Noun |
| Etymology | from Middle bulūlē, from Proto bululu; reduplication lost through frequency of use |
| Related words | nei, Reisoen |
bwylei — holding a belief that observation does not support; the condition of such a person.
Notes
Clinical rather than mocking in learned use, and the standard term in Academy writing for a person whose conclusions have outrun their evidence. It is the word most often applied to those experimenters who become convinced that some agency interferes with their work, and it is applied with sympathy: a bwylwylei is understood to be unwell rather than dishonest. Most, it is observed, recover their reason.