The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of EnglishKyle Cathie, 1999 - 269 pages "Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern-day green movement, with a nod towards the invention of playing cards, the California Gold Rush and the first recorded blizzard along the way, The Chronology of Words and Phrases links hundreds of words and phrases with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life. A words book for historians and a history book for wordsmiths, it will have pride of place in any book lover's collection." --Book Jacket. |
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... describe the platform of a landing stage , and at the end of the century denoted the upper floor of a bus or tram . Nowadays , estate agents use it to describe a wooden platform functioning like a patio ; audio enthusiasts buy tape ...
... describe the platform of a landing stage , and at the end of the century denoted the upper floor of a bus or tram . Nowadays , estate agents use it to describe a wooden platform functioning like a patio ; audio enthusiasts buy tape ...
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... describe as sensuous . ( T H Watkins , ' The Greening of the Empire : Sir Joseph Banks ' , in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC , November 1996 ) Could it be that Milton's adjective is poised to become a mere synonym of sensual ? PANDEMONIUM Satan ...
... describe as sensuous . ( T H Watkins , ' The Greening of the Empire : Sir Joseph Banks ' , in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC , November 1996 ) Could it be that Milton's adjective is poised to become a mere synonym of sensual ? PANDEMONIUM Satan ...
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... describe ' a screen for concealment in the shape of an animal ' , now meaning ' a distraction , diversion , decoy ... describing Mr Brindley's skills in driving a large tunnel through a hill . Other canals were subsequently routed ...
... describe ' a screen for concealment in the shape of an animal ' , now meaning ' a distraction , diversion , decoy ... describing Mr Brindley's skills in driving a large tunnel through a hill . Other canals were subsequently routed ...
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The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English Linda Flavell,Roger Flavell No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
adjective American amongst Anglo-Norman appeared applied became began Bible birds borrowed into English borrowed into Middle borrowed into Old called Canterbury cathedral Church cloth cockfighting coined Crusaders dates denote derived from Latin describe developed DICTIONARY earliest eighteenth century England English borrowed English word etymology Europe European eventually fifteenth figurative FORM OF CURY fourteenth century France Greek hawk hence Henry horse idiom instance invention Italian John king knight known land languages Late Latin later Latin verb London meaning meant medieval Latin Middle Ages Middle Dutch Middle English modern English monks nineteenth century Norman noun Old English Old French originally phrase plague popular real tennis recorded referred Roman second half sense sixteenth century soon Spanish spice sugar taken into Old term thirteenth century Thomas à Becket took translation turn twentieth century unattested prehistoric Germanic unattested Vulgar Latin verb Vulgar Latin William