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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... century of turmoil, conflict, adventure and change. To obtain a divorce from his first wife, the strong-willed Henry VIII had broken all ties with the Roman Catholic Church and established a new Church of England with himself as Supreme ...
... century are reflected in the English language itself. Thanks to the Renaissance of classical learning that began in Italy in the 1400s, a multitude of new words poured into English from Latin and Greek, including drama, sincere ...
... century. Johannes Gutenberg constructed his first printing press in Germany in the 1450s, and William Caxton set up his first press in London in 1476. Before this time, anything recorded in English had to be written out by hand. Imagine ...
... century ago!) is the term househusband for “a husband who does housekeeping usually while his wife earns the family ... centuries ago. For someone so famous, you might expect the New World to be named after him — but to his dying day in ...
... century, the earliest specific year it can be dated from is 1509. This word started out in English as a synonym for dull, stupid or insensible, as in “an obtuse fellow” or “an obtuse remark,” from the Latin obtundere, obtusum, “dull” or ...
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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 |
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