- noun
- A miniature video camera with the ability to hover in the air.
- Origin
- Derived from vespa (wasp).
- Source
- Embassytown
- adjective
- Crudely physical; not taking into account the topography of Cleavage.
- Origin
- Formed from gross (without deductions) and topical (related to a particular place).
- Source
- The City & The City
- noun
- The alternate identity of a place co-located in the Cleaved cities of Besel and Ul Qoma.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘topography’ and ‘doppelganger’.
- Source
- The City & The City
- noun informal
- Abbreviation of ‘mise-en-crime technical investigator’.
- Origin
- Pun on mise en scène
- Source
- The City & The City
- noun
- A word, which when spoken inveigles its way into the mind of the speaker and manifests itself in his flesh.
- Origin
- Named for the parasitic manifestation caused by the word.
- Source
- Entry Taken from a Medical Encyclopedia
- noun
- A hardware/software device that synthesises speech.
- Origin
- Formed from vox (voice) and the suffix ‘-ware’.
- Source
- Embassytown
- adjective
- Having or appearing to have length, breadth, and depth.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘tri-dimensional’.
- Source
- Embassytown
- noun
- A species not originating from the planet Terre.
- Origin
- Formed from éxō (foreign) and terra (ground).
- Source
- Embassytown
- verb
- Practising the life-technique of aggregated skill, luck, laziness and chutzpah.
- Origin
- Coined by immersers.
- Source
- Embassytown
- noun
- A crewperson aboard a vessel that breaches the meniscus of everyday space.
- Origin
- Derived from immersum (under the surface) and nautēs (sailor).
- Source
- Embassytown