Semantic Antics
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"My favorite popular word book of the year"
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008
A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:
The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for ''diamond,'' very different from today''s meaning of the word: "utterly unyielding in attitude or ...
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008
A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:
The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for ''diamond,'' very different from today''s meaning of the word: "utterly unyielding in attitude or ...
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"My favorite popular word book of the year"
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008
A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:
The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for ''diamond,'' very different from today''s meaning of the word: "utterly unyielding in attitude or ...
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008
A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:
The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for ''diamond,'' very different from today''s meaning of the word: "utterly unyielding in attitude or ...
Read more
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