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etymology

noun as in word history

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Among the notes included in the “Furlough’s Paradise” script is an etymology of the word “furlough” — as in, “permission, liberty granted to do something.”

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As a child, Kim enjoyed looking up words in the dictionary and learning their etymology, a hobby that endured into adulthood.

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Not because those words aren’t fitting descriptors for Ani, but because she’s far more complex than a couple of attributes you can pull from the etymology section of a mommy blog.

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There are corners of the internet that spend more time worrying about the etymology of Darth Vader’s name than the policies of any politician.

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Near the end, on “Ti nèg,” Joachim contrasts a peaceable tone with what the album’s liner notes describe as an effort to reclaim “the etymology of the N word.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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