“New terms all!”
“Foiled at thy own weapons,” said Media.
“Then, if thou comprehendest not my nomenclature:—how my science? But let me test thee in the portico.—Why is it, that as some things extend more remotely than others; so, Quadammodotatives are larger than Qualitatives; forasmuch, as Quadammodotatives extend to those things, which include the Quadammodotatives themselves.”
“Azzageddi has found his match,” said Media.
“Still posed, Babbalanja?” asked Mohi.
“At a loss, most truly! But I beseech thee, wise Doxodox! instruct me in thy dialectics, that I may embrace thy more recondite lore.”
“To begin then, my child:—all Dicibles reside in the mind.”
“But what are Dicibles?” said Media.
“Meanest thou, Perfect or Imperfect Dicibles?” Any kind you please;— but what are they?”
“Perfect Dicibles are of various sorts: Interrogative; Percontative; Adjurative; Optative; Imprecative; Execrative; Substitutive; Compellative; Hypothetical; and lastly, Dubious.”