loco & loc TheseROOT-WORDSareLOC & LOCOwhich meanPLACE. We use it all the time because we are constantly on the move from place to place. Note well the spelling of this ROOT and its derivation. It comes from the Latin word locus. You will soon have another ROOT with a similar spellin...
1816, false spelling of local in a sense "a place, a locality, a scene," especially with reference to circumstances connected with it, from this sense in French local, noun use of local (adj.), from Latin locus "a place" (see locus). The English spelling with -e probably is based ...
TheseROOT-WORDSareLOQUI, LOQU & LOCwhich meanSPEAK. They come from the Latin loquor & locutus. This is the ROOT I spoke of when we hadROOTSLOCO& LOCUS meaning PLACE. I have mentioned before this that the Latin verb changes its spelling andpronunciation. Since the English word is based on...
—[Laughter] [The Presbyterian Magazine, May, 1858] locomote(v.) 1831, back-formation fromlocomotion. locomotor(adj.) 1870, "of or pertaining to locomotion;" probably based onlocomotion(asmotor/motion). Earlier as a noun, "something with locomotive power" (1822). Related:Locomotory;locomotor...
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cotton-wool – to stuff or close (the ears) with cotton-wool. jabberwock – The name of the fabulous monster in Lewis Carroll’s poemJabberwocky. Hence in allusive and extended uses, especially “incoherent or nonsensical expression.” So jabberwocky is invented language, meaningless l...
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“From time immemorial the scales have been the principle attribute ofjustice, it being impossible to even a little right with any quantity of wrong” [Brewers Book of Myth and Legend, p.253]. The scales are balanced when they arejusteven, level. The wordsjustandjusticecome from the Indo-...