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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... person who walks in order to conserve gasoline) — you really should hunt up these volumes wherever they are to be found and settle back for a truly satisfying read. And while you're at it, try to find the books in which Bill indulges ...
... person against a subsequent smallpox infection. He inoculated a young boy with cowpox by taking the disease from the hand of an infected milkmaid and injecting it into the young lad's arm. Six weeks later, the boy was inoculated with ...
... 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 take bribes from both sides ...
... person who wore them. Because these blocks ofwood had no brains inside, it was not long before people of low intelligence began to be called “blockheads.” English author John Olde helped to start the new trend when, in 1549, he wrote ...
... person in four went to the grave, and as people tried to flee from what they believed was the wrath of God, they carried the sickness into new towns and villages, creating further panic and spreading the disease in ever-widening circles ...
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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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