aquastor means A being created and sustained by the power of the imagination and the concentration of thought. It carries an Arena rating of 1573, earned across 60 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, aquastor ranks #353 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #568 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #2,981 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #3,766 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words.
Why “aquastor” is a great word
AQUASTOR — [Noun] A being created and sustained solely by the power of the imagination and concentration of thought. From German, coined by Swiss philosopher Paracelsus (1493–1541). Unlike a "homunculus" (a miniature, fleshly creature wrought in an alchemist's flask) or a "simulacrum" (a material effigy or hollow copy), an aquastor is a phantom of pure mentation, a sentient will-o'-the-wisp born of disciplined obsession. It is the scribe’s solitary companion taking shape in the lamplight, the general’s tactical phantom pacing the war-room map, the lover’s consoling specter summoned in the depths of longing—a fragile testament to the terrifying sovereignty of a mind over its own emptiness.
Etymology
From German, coined by Swiss philosopher Paracelsus (1493–1541).
noun
- A being created and sustained by the power of the imagination and the concentration of thought.e.g.“AQUASTOR.—A being created by the power of the imagination” — [1891, Franz Hartmann, The Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, page 40:
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