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reticular (en)

(adjective) intricate / (noun) a mass of nerve cells and fibers situated primarily in the brain stem and functioning upon stimulation especially in arousal of the organism

Both Flesh and Not: Essays
by David Foster Wallace

Both Flesh and Not: Essays
by David Foster Wallace

Both Flesh and Not: Essays
by David Foster Wallace


Her world is "empty" of all but data that are like the holes in a reticular pattern

probably means "intricate" here

—p.90 The Empty Plenum: David Markson's Wittgenstein's Mistress (73) by David Foster Wallace
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9 years, 3 months ago