500 Years of New WordsDundurn, 2004 - 312 páginas 500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down. Beginning with "America" in 1507 and spanning the centuries to "Marsiphobiphiliac" in 2004 (a person who would love to go to Mars but is afraid of being marooned there), this book can be opened at any page and the reader will discover a dazzling array of linguistic delights. In other words, this book is unputdownable (the main entry for 1947). If Shakespeare were alive today, he would buy this book. |
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... Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary with this definition: “1) joint heirship; 2) joint ownership.” Apparently even older is coparcener (a joint heir), dating back to at least the fifteenth century. Johannes Gutenberg constructed his ...
... Merriam-Webster, carries with it a loss of innocence: “to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; esp.: to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ...
... Merriam-Webster as “a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface.” It is not surprising that the word geographer popped up by ...
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500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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