filotimo
Language: Greek · [fiˈlotimo] · Pronunciation: fee-LOH-tee-moh
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Meaning
the pull that makes you do the right thing when nobody is watching
The story
The Greek is philos and timi, love and honour, and the ancient word could mean plain ambition. Modern Greek narrowed it to the pull that gets a job finished properly, and it is the standard compliment for a workman who comes back, unasked, to put something right.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Greek
- Which feeling does it carry?
- A quiet obligation to do right
- Where would you hear it?
- A neighbour repainting a fence he broke
- What does it mean?
- Doing right because of who you are
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