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the brutal teacher who gives the test first and the lesson after
means the knowledge, skill, or wisdom a person gains from directly living through, doing, or observing something over time.
from From Latin experientia, 'a trial, proof, experiment,' from experiri 'to try, test, put to the proof' — built from ex- 'out' and a root peritus 'tested, skilled' (the same root that hides in 'expert' and, distantly, 'peril,' since to try a thing is to risk it). It entered English through Old French in the medieval period. So at its core, experience has always meant something you've actually put to the test — knowledge earned by risk, not received by lecture.
- name origin
- From Latin experiri, to try or risk
- shared root
- Same family as 'experiment' and 'peril'
- memory bias
- Endings shape recall more than duration
- not transferable
- Cannot be borrowed, only earned firsthand
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