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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Bill Sherk. 599 YEARS CF IIEW WQRDS Il'he fascinating story of how, when, and why hundreds of your favourite words first entered the English language Bill Sherk 500 YEARS OFNEW WORDS To my two wonderful children, Jeffrey.
... hundreds of your favourite words first entered the English language / Bill Sherk. ISBN 1-55002-525-2 1. English language--Etymology. 2. English language--History. I. Title. II. Title: Five hundred years of new words. PE1574.S53 2004 422 ...
... (1547–1553), England drifted toward the Protestant faith. During the equally brief reign of his sister, Queen Mary (1553–1558), three hundred Protestants were burned at the stake as Mary tried to re-establish the 11 The 1500s.
... ten thousand new words entered the English language during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I alone. Small wonder Shakespeare felt so inspired! 1504 COPARCENARY This word is approximately five hundred years old 12 BILL SHERK.
Bill Sherk. 1504. COPARCENARY. This word is approximately five hundred years old and can be found in the 2003 edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary with this definition: “1) joint heirship; 2) joint ownership.” Apparently even ...
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