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Brewer's: Sleep
(Anglo-Saxon slaepen). Crabbe's etymology of doze under this word is exquisite: “Doze, a variation from the French dors and the Latin dormio (to sleep), which was anciently dermio and…Brewer's: Sobriquet
(French). A nickname. Ménage thinks the etymology is the Latin subridieulum (somewhat ridiculous); Count de Gebelin suggests the Romance words sopra-quest (a name acquired over and above…Brewer's: Shilling
Said to be derived from St. Kilian, whose image was stamped on the “shillings” of Würzburg. Of course this etymology is of no value. (Anglo-Saxon, scylling or scilling, a shilling.)…Brewer's: Wick, Wicked
and in French Méche, Méchant. That the two English words and the two French words should have similar resemblances and similar meanings is a remarkable…Brewer's: Pantomime
(3 syl.), according to etymology, should be all dumb show, but in modern practice it is partly dumb show and partly grotesque speaking. Harlequin and Columbine never speak, but Clown and…Guide to Spelling: Hooked on Phonics: If U Cn Reed This …
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Search Brewer's Dictionary Browse Articles A B C D E F G H I J K L MN O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ebenezer Cobham Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable is…Brewer's: Lady
A woman of wealth, of station, or of rank. Verstegan says, “It was anciently written Hleafdian [? hlæfdige], contracted first into Lafdy, and then into Lady. Laf or Hláf (loaf) means food…Brewer's: Puff
Exaggerated praise. The most popular etymology of this word is pouff, a coiffure employed by the ladies of France in the reign of the Grand Monarque to announce events of interest, or…Brewer's: Scot
The same as Scythian in etymology; the root of both is Sct. The Greeks had no c, and would change t into th, making the root skth, and by adding a phonetic vowel we get Skuth-ai (Scythians…Trending
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