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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... noun. The 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 ...
... 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 extended to include dumb animals. That was the year when the Accounts ofthe Lord High Treasurer of Scotland ...
... noun into a 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 ...
... noun, ambidexter, to describe a person who took bribes from both sides. By the end of the 1500s, ambidexter had acquired its more modern meaning, and people began using other words (some of which are unprintable) to describe people who ...
... noun and trademark when unemployed American architect Alfred Mosher Butts invented Criss-crosswords. Jim Brunot, who bought the rights to the game from Butts, changed the name to Scrabble, to reflect the digging for the letters on the ...
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500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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