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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Author: Walter William Skeat
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Author: Walter W. Skeat
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 643
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This book is a glossary of what we now call the Early Modern English language, and what the author refers to as Stuart and Tudor words. It uses books, plays, essays, and other written publications released to the public between the 15th and 17th centuries as its main source of references, such as Paradise Lost, The Canterbury Tales, and Britannia's Pastorals.
Author: Frances K. Barasch
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111715108
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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No detailed description available for "The grotesque".
Author: Walter William Skeat
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 461
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Author: Paul Anthony Jones
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826356575
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for “stumbling block” and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means “little house” in Italian. Roulette means “little wheel” in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys’s cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada
Author: Jeffrey Kacirk
Publisher: Pomegranate
ISBN: 9780764920196
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Over the centuries, English words have drifted from their original purposes and acquired vastly different meanings. Consider the word "bad," which today means "great." Or "tryst," now a romantic liaison, in the England of 500 years ago meant "a fair for black cattle, horses, and sheep." Author Jeffrey Kacirk, a man intrigued by words, has sifted through mountains of discarded meanings to arrive at the almost 1,500 entries in this fascinating romp through the ever-changing world of lexicography. His goal is to "leave the reader with a sense of where many modern usages may have come from, or in some cases, have strayed". Study the altered meanings in this fun book and you'll be able to "razzle-dazzle" (originally, a daylong drinking bout) your friends and acquaintances. Kacirk has collected current words and provided earlier definitions and their sources alphabetically, beginning with abandon ('to banish, to drive away' --John Phin, 1902) and ending with a zig-zag ('drunk' --Edward Fraser and John Gibbons, 1925). Kacirk's book is a flip-through find, perfect for everyone from lay word nerds to top-dollar scholars.
