You may have thought that these three terms—Slovenia, Slavonia, Slovakia—are so similar in spelling and pronunciation that they represent the exact same thing expressed in three similar languages. (I thought
Etymology: Old English lang; related to Old High German lang, Old Norse langr, Latin longus long /lɒŋ/ vb (intransitive; followed by for or an infinitive) to have a strong desireEtymology: Old English langian; related to long1 long /lɒŋ/ vb (intransitive) archaic to ...
In return, his followers would be given back their lands, any sentences of excommunication would be lifted, and Henry's government would promise to enforce the charter of the previous year.[94] The proposed agreement soon began to unravel amid claims from some loyalists that it was too ...
absolute basics of the language are covered, such as the Arabic alphabet and verb conjugation, as well as very advanced material, such as Arabic poetry and deep etymology. It is an extraordinary supplement to Arabic language courses and is an invaluable and authoritative resource for Classical ...
On TV, it takes the Doctor a while to use Professor Jones’ feverish utterance of the word “serendipity” to unravel the plot, but in the book the Doctor gives us the whole etymology of the word, “coined by a chap called Horace Walpole, after the fairy-tale calledThe Three Princes of...
The title of her essay, Il n’y a pas de Ajar is a play-on-word on Ajar, the penname Gary used when he secretly wrote Gros Câlin in 1974 and the word Hasard, as the pronunciations are close. In French, Il n’y a pas de hasard means There’s no coincidence, and that’s ...
For instance, fire may sound incendiary, but its etymology from the Greek pyr- has nothing to do with its fi- fricative. Eventually, you get into the state of mind (or what I call the hopeful ear) in which you start vehement- ly arguing that round clearly sounds circular. At that ...
extricatev.t. E17 1 Unravel; clear of tangles or (fig.) perplexities. Now rare. E17. 2 Get (a person) out of a difficulty, entanglement, etc.; remove usu. with difficulty or dexterity, from what physically holds or contains someone or something. (Foll. byfrom, out of) M17 ...
An 1839 source has shalers as a "country phrase" for "girls," and this may represent the casual pronunciation of the name.Advertisement Want to remove ads? Log in to see fewer ads, and become a Premium Member to remove all ads.