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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... 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 replacing more valuable with less ...
... have tried in earnest to track down its origin, but, according to the OED, no satisfactory explanation as to its etymology has ever been found. We do know, however, that dandruff first appeared in print 38 BILL SHERK.
... According to the OED, that passage is the first recorded use of the word vacuum, Latin for “empty,” in the English language. Cranmer didn't exactly coin the word; he just pulled it straight out of Latin and stuck it into English. By the ...
... According to the OED, the word blackmail was first used to describe “a tribute formerly exacted from farmers and small owners in the border counties of England and Scotland, and along the Highland border, by freebooting chiefs, in ...
... (according to the OED) in John Shute's book The First and Chief Grounds ofArchitecture. The 1560s were an exciting time to be an architect in England: wealth was pouring into the country from overseas trade and plunder; meanwhile, a lot ...
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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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