Pronunciation: hor-is'-mus
Alternate Spelling: Gk. "boundary" ("definition")
Providing a clear, brief definition, especially by explaining differences between associated terms.
Truth is a knowledge of things as they are, as they have been, and as they will be. Beauty is nothing but a transitory charm, an illusion of senses, a slave of pleasure; a flower which has but a moment of life; a dial, on which we neer look, but while the sun shines on it: it is a dunghill covered with snow; a glass painted with false colors. --John Smith