Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... less acute than it is in mammals ; and the scent given off by birds is normally less potent , and certainly far less perceptible by man , than the scent of a great many four - footed creatures . Moreover the importance of scent to the ...
... less acute than it is in mammals ; and the scent given off by birds is normally less potent , and certainly far less perceptible by man , than the scent of a great many four - footed creatures . Moreover the importance of scent to the ...
الصفحة 140
... less padded gloves mufflers . These ooph words , with others such as tuft ( colloquially tuffet , like the one which provided a pouffe for Miss Muffett ) , and duff , stodgy pudding , might be put side by side with the oom - sounding ...
... less padded gloves mufflers . These ooph words , with others such as tuft ( colloquially tuffet , like the one which provided a pouffe for Miss Muffett ) , and duff , stodgy pudding , might be put side by side with the oom - sounding ...
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... less frequently than does English . The Gk . marmaros , ' a glistening stone ' ( marmairein , ' to glisten ' ) had as a cognate the L. marmor , from the accusative of which came by this process the F. marbre . Mediaeval English , by a ...
... less frequently than does English . The Gk . marmaros , ' a glistening stone ' ( marmairein , ' to glisten ' ) had as a cognate the L. marmor , from the accusative of which came by this process the F. marbre . Mediaeval English , by a ...
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16th century adjective ancient animal appears Arabic Aryans became Bible bird bird-names bird's borrowed Britain British called Celtic chaffinch Chapter Chaucer chough cock cognate colour common connected corruption crane denote derived dialect Dictionary diminutive Domesday Book dotterel duck Dutch earlier early England English epithet equivalent etymology fact folk-etymology French genus Germanic languages gives Greek habit heron horse human imitative implies Indo-European instance Italian language lapwing lark Late Latin later Linnaeus Low German Max Müller meaning meant mediaeval Middle Dutch Middle English Natural History nature-words Norse older onomatopoetic origin Parlement of Foules perhaps place-names plant primitive probably provincial name reference represents Roman root Sanskrit Saxon says Scandinavian seems seen sense Shakespeare sound Spanish species speech spelling spelt stem suggest swan Swedish syllable tongue traced tree Turner verb Welsh whence whimbrel wild Willughby woodpecker word wren yellow