Notices tagged with etymology
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#Etymology: Serendip – a former name for Sri Lanka + -ity.
A word coined by Horace Walpole, who …had formed it upon the title of the fairy-tale ‘The Three Princes of Serendip’, the heroes of which ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’. via OEDOnline
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Boswells Scots Dictionary Found after 200 years
"It includes gardyloo, the traditional Edinburgh warning cry for slops about to be thrown in the street, but intriguingly spells it jardelou."
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Jeremy Hunt: the 'goody two shoes' caught up in BSkyB scandal | Politics | The Guardian
Haven't seen 'goody two shoes' in quite a while, let alone a newspaper headline!
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Both “pioneer” & “peon” come from the same Middle French word for foot soldier. #etymology
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Testing a beta #wiktionary app for #android. Definitely my cup of tea. #etymology
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