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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... verb adulterate dates back to 1531, and, according to Merriam-Webster, carries with it a loss of innocence: “to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; esp.: to prepare for sale by ...
... verb as early as 1515, when it meant “to break wind,” from the Italian petto, “to fart,” presumably coined, like fart itself, by way of onomatopoeia. It later acquired the additional verb use “to fondle,” which applied at first to pet ...
... verb: “Map-makers rather than they will have their maps naked and bald, do periwig them with false hair, and fill up the vacuum with imaginary places.” 1530. SCAPEGOAT. In her fascinating book, More about Words, Margaret Ernst tells us ...
... verb abort after the beginning, in 1957, of the race for space. The most famous mission to the moon to be aborted in mid-flight was Apollo 13 in April 1970. By great good luck, all three astronauts returned safely to Earth. Their voyage ...
... verb twang, “to pluck a stringed instrument,” first appeared in print in 1542, when Henry VIII (who, some say, composed “Greensleeves”) sat on the throne of England. Sixteen years later, in the. 45 500 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 |
500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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