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  • Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
    ...ews/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t29 '''''Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language'''''] ...ting, [[etymology]], [[pidgin]], [[poetry]], [[sexism]], [[Shakespeare]]'s language, and [[slang]]. Features include pieces on place-names, borrowings from oth
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  • ABELL
    ...ish language, [[tradition]]al [[culture]] and English Literature. Covers [[English]], American and Commonwealth writers. Its sources are [[Books]], [[periodic
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  • Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised)
    ...sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t140 '''''The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised)'''''] ...[[language]]. It is at the forefront of language [[research]], focusing on English as it is used today, and has a unique defining style, with the modern [[mea
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  • Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage
    ...og.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t30 '''''Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage'''''] ...nglish, the new edition answers your most frequently asked questions about language use.
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  • Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
    ...eatures expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English. With an emphasis on examples of usage, including the earliest written evid
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  • Oxford English Dictionary at duPont
    '''''[https://0-www.oed.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/ Oxford English Dictionary]''''' ...onary of English in the world. It is also the definitive record of English language development, tracing the evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last
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  • Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary (English-Irish)
    ...reference.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t145a (Irish-English)] ...ry is intended for learners of Irish and for all those interested in the [[language]].
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  • Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary (Irish-English)
    ...oxfordreference.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t145b (English-Irish)] ...ry is intended for learners of Irish and for all those interested in the [[language]].
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  • Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary (Italian-English)
    ....oxfordreference.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t66b (English-Italian)] ...mar]]. Including complete coverage of contemporary idiomatic Italian and [[English]], both written and spoken, The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary covers the
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  • Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin)
    ...reference.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t131a (Latin-English)] ...st years of studying Latin, as well as those with an interest in the Latin language or the classical world.
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  • Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English)
    ...oxfordreference.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t131b (English-Latin)] ...ears of studying [[Latin]], as well as those with an interest in the Latin language or the classical world.
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  • Concise Oxford English Dictionary
    ...atalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t23 '''''The Concise Oxford English Dictionary'''''] ...yday words including scientific and technical [[vocabulary]], as well as [[English]] from around the world. This revised edition of the dictionary has been up
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  • Dialect
    ...other regional varieties and constituting [[together]] with them a single language <the Doric dialect of ancient [[Greek]]> :c : a variety of a [[language]] used by the members of a [[group]] <such dialects as [[politics]] and adv
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  • Corpora
    A corpus may contain texts in a single language (monolingual corpus) or text data in multiple languages (multilingual corpu ...(base) form of each word. When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is usedto make the anno
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  • Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
    ....sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t28 '''''The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar'''''] ...[[phonetics]] and transformational grammar, are accompanied by examples of language in use, and frequent quotations from existing works on grammar.
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  • Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press
    ...elected by leading Slavic scholars in the USA who carefully guided English language translations. CDPSP Digital Archive paints a broad picture of life in Sovie
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  • Canadian Oxford Dictionary
    ...he result of thorough research into the language and Oxford's unparalleled language resources.
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  • Latin
    ...some extent variable, compared with mostly [[analytic]] languages such as English, which has lost the ancient noun-case system inherited from [[Proto-Indo-Eu ...y words adapted from Latin are found in other modern languages—including [[English]], half of whose vocabulary is derived, directly or indirectly, from Latin.
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  • Riddle
    ...N_PERIOD Old English] rǣdelse [[opinion]], conjecture, riddle; akin to Old English rǣdan to [[interpret]] — more at [[read]] ...are problems generally [[expressed]] in [[metaphorical]] or allegorical [[language]] that require ingenuity and careful [[thinking]] for their solution, and c
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  • Gullibility
    ...th century. The first attestation of ''gullibility'' known to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] appears in 1793, and ''gullible'' in 1825. The OED gives gulli ...pear in the 1900 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_English_Dictionary New English Dictionary].
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  • Jargon
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French jargun, gargon *1a : [[confused]] unintelligible [[language]]
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  • David Crystal
    ...ew up bilingual in Welsh and [[English]], which influenced his approach to language education. ...tron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).
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  • Loquacious
    Fluency is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_language_pathology speech language pathology] term that means the smoothness or [[flow]] with which [[sounds]] ...rategies, and inaccurate word use. They may be illiterate, as well. Native language speakers are often incorrectly referred to as fluent.
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  • King James Bible
    ...nearly three centuries. Arguably the most influential single document for English literary studies, this fully searchable online version presents the full te ...the whole Church. It is arguably the most influential single document for English literary studies. The text of the ‘He’ version contained here comprises
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  • Blessing
    ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] blǣdsian (preserved in the Northumbrian dialect around 950 AD).[1] The te ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] during the [[process]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianization
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  • Motto
    ...A motto may be in any [[language]], but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottos of [[governments]]. In [[English]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_heraldry Scottish heraldry] m
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  • Anthology
    The word entered the [[English]] language in the seventeenth century, from the [[Greek]] word, ἀνθολογία (a ...d textual excerpts. Shortly before anthology had entered the [[language]], English had begun using "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellany miscellany]" as
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  • Corpus
    A corpus may contain texts in a single [[language]] (monolingual corpus) or text [[data]] in multiple languages (multilingual ...(base) form of each word. When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is used to make the ann
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  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    '''''Encyclopedia of Philosophy''''', the ten volume [[English]]-language reference source for [[philosophy]]," has been the cornerstone of the philo
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  • Oxford Dictionaries Online
    *'''''[https://english.oxforddictionaries.com/ Oxford Dictionaries Online]''''' Modern English dictionary and language reference service with detailed writing, grammar, and spelling guidance.
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  • Transcripts
    ...is the conversion into written, typewritten or printed form, of a spoken [[language]] source, such as the [[proceedings]] of a [[court]] hearing. It can also m ...honetic transcription of the name of the former Russian president known in English as Boris Yeltsin, followed by accepted hybrid forms in various languages. N
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  • Etymology
    ...rd. For example, [[Latin]] candidus, which means "white", is the etymon of English candid. ...tracing it and its cognates to a common [[ancestral]] form in an ancestral language.
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  • ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online
    Digitized collection of 150,000 English and foreign language books, pamphlets, broadsides and other ephemera published in the U.K. and t The collection is an ongoing project based on The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), a machine-readable union list of the holdings
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  • 0:0 The Foreword
    ...h]] revealers have been authorized to [[translate]] into the [[English]] [[language]] of [[Urantia]]. ...ce new terms only when the concept to be portrayed finds no terminology in English which can be employed to convey such a new concept partially or even with m
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  • Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
    ...hese and hundreds of other questions that bedevil those who care about the language. Garner draws on a host of evidence to support his judgements, citing thous
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  • Heritage
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from ''heriter'' to inherit, from Late Latin ''heredit ...nd [[artifacts]]), intangible culture (such as folklore, [[traditions]], [[language]], and [[knowledge]]), and natural heritage (including culturally-significa
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  • Martyr
    ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], from Late Latin, from [[Greek]] martyr-, martys [[witness]] ...ing]] and/or [[death]]. The term, in this later sense, entered the English language as a loanword. The death of a martyr or the value attributed to it is calle
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  • Terminology
    Medieval Latin terminus term, [[expression]] (from [[Latin]], limit) + [[English]] -o- + -logy ...ge]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Language '''''this link'''''].</center>
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  • Native
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] natif, from Middle French, from [[Latin]] nativus, from natus, past partic ...fly Australian : having a usually superficial resemblance to a specified [[English]] plant or [[animal]]
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  • Clerk
    ...ve]] tasks. In American English, this includes shop staff, but in British English, such people are known as shop assistants and are not considered to be cler
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  • Cowardice
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] cowardise, from Anglo-French coardise, from cuard ...ords of French [[origin]], this [[word]] was introduced in the [[English]] language by the French-speaking Normans, after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No
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  • Doom
    ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] dōn to do ...wn [[native]] [[language]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English Old English], to [[express]] the '''''dooms''''', or [[laws]] and [[judgement]]s, which
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  • Chinese
    ...ry, who are often simply referred to as "Chinese" or "ethnic Chinese" in [[English]]. ==Chinese-language terms==
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  • Idiom
    ...''idiome'', from Late Latin ''idioma'' [[individual]] [[peculiarity]] of [[language]], from [[Greek]] ''idiōmat''-, ''idiōma'', from ''idiousthai'' to approp *1a : the [[language]] peculiar to a people or to a district, [[community]], or class : [[dialec
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  • Alphabet
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, fr ...ents]] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme phoneme] in a [[spoken]] [[language]], either as it exists now or as it was in the [[past]]. There are other [[
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  • Parse
    ...mbols]], either in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language natural language] or in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_languages computer languages ...efers to the way that human beings analyze a sentence or phrase (in spoken language or [[text]]) "in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the [https:
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  • Phonaesthetics
    ...iety as the reputedly most euphonic sound combination of the [[English]] [[language]] (specifically, when spoken with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_ * Ross Smith, Inside Language - Linguistic and Aesthetic Theory in Tolkien, Walking Tree Publishers (2007
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  • Condemn
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French condempner, from [[Latin]] condemnare, from com- + damn .../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language Proto-Indo-European] [[language]] [[origin]] is usually said to be a root dap-, which appears in [[Latin]]
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  • Prose
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prosa, from [[feminine]] of prorsus, p *1 a : the ordinary [[language]] people use in [[speaking]] or [[writing]]
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  • LexisNexis Academic
    ...ews, business, legal, medical, and reference publications, and non-English language sources, U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, l
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  • Symbol
    ==Language and symbols==
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  • Blasphemy
    ..."reputation". From blasphemare also came Old French blasmer, from which [[English]] "blame" came. Sometimes the word "blasphemy" is used loosely to mean any profane [[language]], for example: "With much hammering and blasphemy, the locomotive's replac
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  • Data
    '''Data''' in everyday language is a [[synonym]] for [[information]] [https://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Di ==Usage in English==
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  • 2008-05-26-Spanish 11:11
    ...et still connected with the group that instigated this work in a ‘foreign’ language. “We do expect that in reality very little will change. The English human contingent counts some 25 odd people. The Spanish group will also gr
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  • Message
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval [[Latin]] missaticum, from Latin missus * Any [[thought]] or [[idea]] [[expressed]] in a [[language]], prepared in a [[form]] suitable for transmission by any means of communi
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  • Barbarism
    ...rian" either described a foreign [[individual]] or [[tribe]] whose first [[language]] was not [[Greek]] or a Greek individual or tribe speaking Greek crudely.
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  • Candy
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''sugre candy'', part [[translation]] of Middle French ''sucre candi'', fr
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  • Shamans
    ...nd indeed is "the only commonly used English word that is a loan from this language". ISBN 1557865604 ...uage usage, shaman has become interchangeable with the older [[English]] [[language]] pejorative term ''[[witch doctor]]''. This is anthropologically inaccurat
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  • Wiktionary
    ...information typically found in thesauruses and lexicons. Additionally, the English Wiktionary now includes ''Wikisaurus'', a category that serves as a thesaur
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  • Index to Jewish Periodicals
    Provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals devot
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  • Medium
    ==English== *:[[Rhymes:English:-iːdiəm|Rhymes: -iːdiəm]]
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  • Language
    ...language. In some cases, this involves disentangling folk uses of the term language from scientific uses. ...uage''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Language '''''this link'''''].</center>
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  • Learning curve
    ...ford English Dictionary]], The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary define a learning curve as t
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  • Rhyme
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''rime'', from Anglo-French ...#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] (Old English rīm [[meaning]] "enumeration, series, numeral") and Old High German rīm,
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  • Ethnic
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ethnicus, from [[Greek]] ethnikos national, gentile, from ...rom the 14th century through the middle of the 19th century were used in [[English]] in the meaning of "[[pagan]], heathen", as ethnikos was used as the LXX t
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  • Oxford Dictionary of Law
    ...in the UK or any Commonwealth country where the legal system is founded on English law.
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  • Shalom
    ...n many other expressions and names. Its equivalent [[cognate]] in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] is ''[[salaam]]'' and ''sälam'' in [[Ethiopian Semitic languages] ...n]]-[[lamedh|lamed]]-[[mem]] (ש.ל.ם), which has cognates in many [[Semitic language]]s, came to be connected with concepts of ''completeness'', ''fulfilment'',
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  • Proverb
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] proverbe, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] proverbium, from pro- + verbum ...[[cultures]], and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language. Both the [[Bible]] ([[Book of Proverbs|Book of Proverbs]]) and medieval La
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  • Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
    ...lary]] for everyday [[Archaeology|archaeological]] work in the [[English]] language, this up-to-date dictionary is the most wide-ranging and comprehensive of i
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  • Sanskrit
    ...skrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil which have already been given the classical-language status.'' and one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and [[Buddha|Budd ...age]], and one of the earliest attested members of the [[Indo-European]] [[language]] family.
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  • Vocabulary
    *2a : a sum or stock of words employed by a [[language]], [[group]], [[individual]], or [[work]] or in a field of [[knowledge]] ...]'s '''vocabulary''' is the set of [[words]] they are familiar with in a [[language]]. A vocabulary usually [[grows]] and evolves with age, and serves as a use
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  • Worship
    ...ly directed to one or more [[deity|deities]]. It is the informal term in [[English]] for what [[Sociology|sociologists]] call a ''[[cult|cultus]]'', the [[bod In its older sense in the [[English]] language of ''worthiness'' or ''respect'' (Anglo-Saxon ''weorðscipe''), ''worship''
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  • Hebrews
    ...as a synonym for Israelites, and sometimes for the users of the [[Hebrew]] language ([[Jews]] and [[Israel]]is). From Middle English ''Ebreu'' Old French ''Ebreu'' Latin ''Hebraeus'' or ''Hebraic'', Ancient G
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  • Plagiarism
    ...es." "''Plagiary''", a derivative of "''plagiarus''" was introduced into [[English]] in 1601 by dramatist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jonson Ben Jonson The derived form ''plagiarism'' was introduced into English around 1620. The Latin ''plagiārius'', "kidnapper", and ''plagium'', "kidn
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  • Words
    A '''word''' is a unit of [[language]] that represents a [[concepts|concept]] which can be expressively [[commun ...m and zero or more affixes. Words can be combined to create other units of language such as phrases, clauses, and sentences. A word consisting of two or more s
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  • Truth
    ...C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''trēowth'' [[fidelity]]; akin to Old English ''trēowe'' faithful ...th continue to be debated among scholars, philosophers, and theologians. [[Language]] and words are a means by which humans convey [[information]] to one anoth
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  • Zero
    ...ic صفر, ṣafira = "it was empty", ṣifr = "zero", "nothing". The first known English use was in 1598. ...d "to keep the rows". This circle was called صفر (ṣifr, "empty") in Arabic language. That was the earliest mention of the name ''ṣifr'' that eventually becam
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  • World War II
    ...Second World War, for example ''Zweiter Weltkrieg'' in German. Non-English-language use typically translates to Second World War, for instance the Spanish ''Se
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  • Mindfulness
    The [[Buddhist]] term translated into [[English]] as "mindfulness" originates in the Pali term sati and its Sanskrit counte ...s_Davids Thomas William Rhys Davids] (1881) first [[translated]] sati as [[English]] mindfulness in sammā-sati "Right Mindfulness; the active, watchful [[min
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  • Autumn
    ...fall in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English American] [[English]]) is one of the four [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate temperate] [ ...ly those who could [[read]] and [[write]], the only people whose use of [[language]] we now know), the word harvest lost its [[reference]] to the time of year
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  • Project
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] projecte, from Medieval [[Latin]] projectum, from Latin, neuter of project When the [[English]] [[language]] initially adopted the [[word]], it referred to a plan of something, not t
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  • Sermon
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French sermun, from Medieval Latin sermon-, sermo, from [[Lati .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] [[word]] which was derived from an Old French term, which in turn came fro
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  • Whisper
    ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hwisperian; akin to Old High German hwispalōn to whisper, Old Norse hvīs ...he IPA for whispered phonation, since it is not used phonemically in any [[language]]. However, a sub-dot under phonemically voiced segments is sometimes seen
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  • Deafness
    ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf''; akin to [[Greek]] ''typhlos'' [[blind]], ''typhein'' to smoke, ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf'', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ''doof'' and German ''taub
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  • Symbols
    ...in the story are in this category: the monarch, the robe, the scepter, the language, the subjects. ...[[Middle English]], from [[Old French]], from [[Latin]], from the [[Greek language|Greek]] σύμβολον (''sýmbolon'') from the root words συν- (''syn
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  • Forest
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Late Latin forestis (silva) unenclosed (woodland) ...e generally. By the start of the fourteenth century the word appeared in [[English]] [[texts]], indicating all three [[senses]]: the most common one, the lega
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  • Sarcasm
    ...flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwarəs- to cut. It is first recorded in [[English]] in 1579, in an annotation to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shepheard ...al wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often [[ironic]] [[language]] that is usually directed against an [[individual]]
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  • 2019-02-12-The Tipping Point and Patience
    ...glish, Spanish or Mandarin but where it concerns coming to an [[eventual]] language for all or for most — here we go again, ‘tipping point’ — both the
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  • Mores
    ...tantum term borrowed from Latin, which has been used in the [[English]] [[language]] since the 1890s. The [[English]] [[word]] [[morality]] comes from the same [[root]], as does the noun mora
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  • Numerology
    [[Latin]] ''numerus'' + English -''o- + -logy'' ...story of numerological [[ideas]], the word "numerology" is not recorded in English before c.1907.
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  • Vulgar
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] vulgaris of the mob, vulgar, from volgus, vulgus mob, comm *5 a : offensive in [[language]] : [[earth]]y
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  • Quiescent
    Quiescence (kwē-ĕs-ənts) is a [[Latin]]-derived [[English]] language noun referring to a [[state]] of [[being]] quiet, still, at rest, dormant,
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  • Pride
    ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] prȳde, from prūd proud ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''prut'', probably from Old French ''prud'' "[[brave]], valiant" (11th cen
    4 KB (579 words) - 02:20, 13 December 2020
  • Slang
    ...''slengenamn'', which means "nickname"), but is discounted by the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] based on "date and early associations". *1 : [[language]] peculiar to a particular [[group]]: as a : argot
    6 KB (897 words) - 02:35, 13 December 2020
  • Supposition
    ...[[signifies]] a cup as an object, but cup as a term of the [[language]] [[English]] is being used to supposit for the wine contained in the cup. ...e cup the term cup is standing in for the object that is called a cup in [[English]], so it is in personal supposition. A term is in improper supposition, if
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  • Art Index Retrospective
    ...years of art journalism at a keystroke. Users can research leading English-language sources, plus others published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dut
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  • Rumor
    ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] rēon to lament, [[Sanskrit]] rauti he roars # Pendleton, S.c. (1998), 'Rumor research revisited and expanded', Language& Communication, vol. 1. no. 18, pp. 69--86.
    3 KB (374 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
  • Inflection
    ...nse (future). The use of this suffix is an inflection. In contrast, in the English clause "I will lead", the word "lead" is not inflected for any of person, n ...] (a unit of meaning which cannot stand alone as a word). For example, the English word "cars" is a noun that is inflected for number, specifically to express
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  • City
    .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] citie large or small town, from Anglo-French cité, from Medieval [[Latin] ...] on how a city is distinguished from a town within general [[English]] [[language]] [[meanings]], many cities have a particular [[administrative]], [[legal]]
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  • Plough
    ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] plōh hide of [[land]]; akin to Old High German pfluog plow ...icultural implement at 3a, sulh, [[survived]] in western and south-western English [[dialects]] (those spoken in the areas least [[influenced]] by Norse settl
    9 KB (1,526 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020

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