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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 48
... Roman Catholic Church and established a new Church of England with himself as Supreme Head. When Sir Thomas More refused to accept Henry as his spiritual leader, the king had his head chopped off (he also beheaded two of his six wives ...
Bill Sherk. burned at the stake as Mary tried to re-establish the Roman Catholic Church in England. The country was heading for civil war. In 1558 Princess Elizabeth became queen and calmed the troubled waters of religion with her new ...
... Romans. 1512. TINNER. Although the word tinner (one who works in a tin mine) can be traced wore scandals on their feet ... Roman army, and when Julius Caesar stepped ashore in Britain in 55 B.C., his men did not realize their breastplates ...
... Roman Catholic, refused. He was then charged with treason, tried, convicted and beheaded. The title of More's book lives on, and received a fresh new twist around 1950 when Sir Winston Churchill coined the term queuetopia for all those ...
... Roman goddess Juno Moneta, whose temple was built on the Capitoline Hill (making her the first capitalist) and who became the guardian of Roman finances. Her second name, Moneta, comes from the Latin moneo, meaning “I warn,” because she ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Términos y frases comunes
Pasajes populares
Referencias a este libro
A B C Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet Alexander Humez,Nicholas D. Humez Vista previa limitada - 1985 |
60 Years Behind the Wheel: The Cars We Drove in Canada, 1900-1960 Bill Sherk Vista de fragmentos - 2003 |