| 单词 | word history |
| 释义 | > as lemmasword history word history n. ΚΠ 1851 L. H. Grindon Figurative Lang. 103 No one who pretends to the slightest knowledge of philosophical etymology can for one moment deny that it obscures hundreds, nay thousands, of the most beautiful and instructive word-histories. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. v. 94 In Anglo-Saxon there was no such word as of, as distinguished from off; their separation, in form and meaning, is a piece of very recent word-history. 1977 K. F. Kister Dict. Buying Guide ii. 240 The more substantial slang dictionaries provide detailed word histories and thus complement the etymological dictionaries. 2006 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 8 Jan. h8 Current and reliable, it's second on word history only to the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary. < as lemmas |
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