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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... go in time, the less certain we can be of the precise date of a letter, document, book, or anything written or printed. For all entries older than the year 1500, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary simply indicates the century it ...
... go back to the Latin adultus, the past participle of adolescere, “to grow up.” The main entry for adulteration lists it as a noun. The verb adulterate dates back to 1531, and, according to Merriam-Webster, carries with it a loss of ...
... goes back to the 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 ...
... goes that a pair of very proper ladies approached the great doctor at a literary tea and said, “We see, Dr. Johnson, that you do not have any naughty words in your dictionary.” To which he replied, “And I see, dear ladies, that you have ...
... goes back to the day Columbus stepped ashore in South America and found the natives bouncing balls made of an elastic substance totally unknown in Europe at that time. The natives made the balls by cutting the bark of a certain tree and ...
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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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