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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... example yet found), the word sandal, as a synonym for sandalwood, appeared as early as 1400. The wood itself is used for cabinet making and wood carvings, while the oil extracted from the wood is used in perfume and soap. Where does the ...
... example listed in the Oxford English Dictionary of the word pernicious (a synonym for “destructive” and “ruinous,” from the Latin per, meaning “thoroughly,” and nex, “death by violence”), although the word must have been in circulation ...
... example, that men have more teeth than women, that the direction of the wind plays a role in determining the sex of an unborn child, and that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones. On that last point, he was not proven wrong until ...
... example of this word, which comes from the Dutch rights and died heavily in debt. schrabben, “to scratch or scrape,” can be found in a translation of the Bible that was published in 1537: “And he ... scrabled on the dores of the gate ...
... by 1727 to describe any animal or plant that lives in or on another organism and feeds directly upon it — a tapeworm, for example. Incidentally, you may have wondered why the citizens of Paris 35 500 YEARS OF NEW WORDS.
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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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