Thesaurus / derivation
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I also had the nerve to find minor gaps in certain derivations that just didn’t sit right with me.
HOW I ESCAPED MY TROUBLES THROUGH SCIENCE - ISSUE 104: HARMONYSUBODH PATILAUGUST 25, 2021NAUTILUSThe French adopt the same derivation, calling it "asbeste" (minèral filamenteux et incombustible).
ASBESTOSROBERT H. JONESIts similarity with the numerous derivatives of the verb damno have probably obscured the true derivation of the word.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANHis method is hence inductive,--the derivation of certain principles from a sum of given facts and phenomena.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDIn a word, the term contains a series of expressive innuendos by its etymological derivation.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYAnother etymological example sometimes cited is the derivation of the English uncle from the Latin avus.
A SYSTEM OF LOGIC: RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVEJOHN STUART MILLIn the derivation of words, I found most of them defective; nor, indeed, were any of them good grammarians.
WITCH, WARLOCK, AND MAGICIANWILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT ADAMSAcross the hall from it, also of antique derivation, was the Star Chamber.
THE STATUS CIVILIZATIONROBERT SHECKLEYOblige us by considering the derivation of the word "sarcophagus," and see if it be not suggestive of potted meats.
THE FIEND'S DELIGHTDOD GRILEShakespeare's spelling of the word "Apricocks" takes us at once to its derivation.
THE PLANT-LORE AND GARDEN-CRAFT OF SHAKESPEAREHENRY NICHOLSON ELLACOMBEWORDS RELATED TO DERIVATION
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