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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... 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 dates from, instead of the specific year. All of which brings to ...
... letters: adult, adulthood, adulterant, adulterate, adulterer, adulteress, adulterine, adulterous and adultery. All of these go back to the Latin adultus, the past participle of adolescere, “to grow up.” The main entry for adulteration ...
... letter word gives you three parts of speech rolled into one. As a in the United States of Vespuccia. noun, pet was used as early as 1508 as a term of endearment for an indulged (and usually spoiled) child. By 1539 its meaning was ...
... letter word, however, remember that it appears in the King James version of the Bible. 1514. TOPGALLANT. A topgallant is the mast, sail or rigging directly above the topmast and topsail, so called because it makes a gallant show compared ...
... letter to Viscount Lisle on August 29, 1536, Sir John Russell wrote: “You are daily pestered with business” (an observation most of us can sympathize with today). In 1562 a very relieved Englishman commented upon the peace that Queen ...
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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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