“The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” We have extended the wordnestto apply to lots of nest-like things but many of these have their own names. A wasp’s nest is called a vespiary and a bee’s nest ...
a new word had been coined to describe the act:Brexit. Brexit was on everyone’s lips in 2016, and we even heard about ‘Brexiteers’ (proponents of the vote to
Athena and her brother Ares (son of king Zeus and his sister-wife queen Hera; a couple not unlike Abraham and his sister-wifeSarah) personified the friction that happens when populations are compressed: social collision and formal conflict. But Athena embodied social wisdom and military intelligenc...
3.The circlet of gold rested lightly on her brow, symbolizing her new status as queen. 金色的小冠轻轻地放在她的额头上,象征着她的新王后身份。Etymology 词源 : The word "circlet" originates from the late Middle English period, deriving from Old French 'cerclet', a diminutive of 'cercle' ...
donae-antoniae Dona Antonio, the last queen of the Calusa Indians of Florida. (For example: Harrisia donae-antoniae). dorisiae Doris Amerhauser, the wife of Helmut Amerhauser, an Austrian collector of Gymnocalycium Doris has also a great collection of other cacti. (For example: Gymnocalycium...
When working with students or teachers, before leaping to resources, we first try to get a sense of the word. So: What is autumn? What is autumn not? Often in determining what something is not, our understanding of what that ‘something’ is will deepen. Autumn is not spring, not ...
A diva is timeless. She breaks out of her own time and becomes immortal…. Think of Maria Callas and her indomitable flair: grit and power incarnate. Think of the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, bringing down the house with her undeniable spirit and truth. ...
least the 13th century. Examples of early spellings aregyrn,gern, andgirn, and for centuries, they were just as common asgrinand its early forms. 16th-century poet Edmund Spenser, for instance, usedgrin,gren, andgerneat his discretion to create rhyme inThe Second Part of the Faerie Queen...
English is one of the few Indo-European languages to have a word for "queen" that is not a feminine derivative of a word for "king." The others are Scandinavian: Old Norsedrottning, Danishdronning, Swedishdrott
Maid Marian, the Queen of the May in the morris dances, also one of Robin Hood's companions, is recorded by 1520s, perhaps from French, where Robin et Marian have been stock names for country lovers since 13c. Maid of Honor (1580s) originally was "unmarried lady of noble birth who ...