synonyms - Is "connexion" synonymous with "connection"?
2011年2月23日 · In British English, connexion is an alternative spelling of connection; American English only uses connection. The origin of the word connection explains the reason of this. …
history - Is the etymology of "salary" a myth? - English Language ...
2018年6月3日 · Two small points: 1. Pliny's mention is vague, in that he doesn't mention the nature of these 'rewards', but from other sources (e.g. Tacitus) it seems clear that a kind of …
What is the origin of the phrase "playing hooky"?
2024年2月14日 · Play truant. (As/From the above, the sense-connexion being to hook Jack from going to school.) Harold Wentworth, American Dialect Dictionary (1944) confirms the usage of …
Difference between "reflection" and "reflexion" - English Language ...
2011年11月16日 · The same word, two spellings. Oxford English Dictionary... The spelling reflection is now much commoner than reflexion in all uses, probably largely as a result of …
etymology - Is the alleged original meaning of the phrase 'blood is ...
I recently read that the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" was originally derived from the phrase "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", implying that the ordinary …
Why is a judge or magistrate called "the beak"?
2011年1月1日 · Attempts have been made to connect "beak" in this connexion with the Old English beag, a gold torque or collar, worn as a symbol of authority, but this could only be …
Tassel vs. Tassle? Which is correctly spelled, or both?
2011年6月1日 · @Pete: I'm sure Mr_Crypto used a dictionary, but tassle gets 5 million hits on Google and Garner's Modern American Usage includes an example of it misspelled in a major …
pronunciation - How do you pronounce 'Pall Mall'? - English …
Possible Duplicate: Why is The Mall (Westminster, London) pronounced like mawl? A few friends and I are playing Monopoly and are having an argument over how to pronounce the property …
grammaticality - Born - an adjective/verb/passive voice - English ...
2019年5月16日 · "In modern use the connexion with bear is no longer felt; the phrase to be born has become virtually an intr. verb" [OED]. So it's origin is as a past participle , such as used in …
phrases - "jury-rigged", or "jerry-rigged" - English Language
2013年10月24日 · In preparing the articles on the Jerry words in the 'New English Dictionary' (section published 1 January last) we made further investigation, with the help of …