Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... natural objects differently applied . 3. Words which have retained their original meaning in the United States , although not in England . 4. English provincialisms adopted into general use in America . 5. Newly coined words , which owe ...
... natural objects differently applied . 3. Words which have retained their original meaning in the United States , although not in England . 4. English provincialisms adopted into general use in America . 5. Newly coined words , which owe ...
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... natural tendency of language is to improve ; and when a people can- not express in a comprehensive manner a particular idea or shade of mean- ing , they either form a word to denote it from a root or roots already in the language , or ...
... natural tendency of language is to improve ; and when a people can- not express in a comprehensive manner a particular idea or shade of mean- ing , they either form a word to denote it from a root or roots already in the language , or ...
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... nature . The origin of some of these is involved in obscurity , while that of others is well known . Some- times a little incident trivial in itself has brought into existence words which are extremely expressive , and which will remain ...
... nature . The origin of some of these is involved in obscurity , while that of others is well known . Some- times a little incident trivial in itself has brought into existence words which are extremely expressive , and which will remain ...
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... nature are rendition , for rendering ; reservation , for reserve . The terminations -er and -est , which indicate the degrees of comparison of adjectives , are often discarded for the adverbs more and most , even be- fore monosyllables ...
... nature are rendition , for rendering ; reservation , for reserve . The terminations -er and -est , which indicate the degrees of comparison of adjectives , are often discarded for the adverbs more and most , even be- fore monosyllables ...
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... nature of provincial dialects , and upon a curious fact in the history of language . There are no provincial dialects in America ; emigrants from all parts of Great Britain have met there , and intermixed with each other , and with ...
... nature of provincial dialects , and upon a curious fact in the history of language . There are no provincial dialects in America ; emigrants from all parts of Great Britain have met there , and intermixed with each other , and with ...
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