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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... word sandalwoodfirst appeared in print in English in 1511 (the earliest example yet found), the word sandal, as a synonym for sandalwood, appeared as early as 1400. The wood itself is used for cabinet making and wood carvings, while the ...
... word coin itself can be traced back to the Latin cuneus, a wedge, because the die that made the coins looked like a wedge. The word entered the French as coign and then English as coin, at first referring to the die itself and later to ...
... word dilemma has carried with it ever since it appeared in a religious book in England in 1523. The word was no doubt well known when Sir Francis Bacon used it ninety-nine years later in writing about Archbishop Morton, a tax-collecting ...
... word he or she learns because parrots, unlike mammals, do not learn by association. They will fail to see any connection between the word and the food. Of course, some parrots, despite the most painstaking efforts on the part of their ...
... word puck come from? It dates back to before the twelfth century, meaning “an evil spirit” or “mischievous sprite.” Its modern link to ice hockey dates back only to 1891. 1528. CONGRESS. Thousands of new words flooded into the English ...
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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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