Search results

• Gypsies
  ...exts it is still used to describe the Romany, it also describes those in [[English]] speaking countries who live a lifestyle similar to that of the Romany, or ...have come from [[Egypt]]". The OED records the first usage of the word in English as 1514, with several more in the same century, and that both [[Edmund Spen
  4 KB (576 words) - 00:04, 13 December 2020
• Layman
  .../wiki/Laity ''laity''] comes from the [[Greek]] laikos which meant "of the people", "common" (common, in the [[meaning]] "unholy", "unclean" and similar). Th ...in_layman%27s_terms ''in layman’s terms''] has come into wide use in the [[English]] speaking world. To put something in layman’s terms is to describe a [[c
  1 KB (210 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Hunger
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hungor; akin to Old High German hungar hunger, Lithuanian kanka torture ...e most commonly used term to describe the [[social]] condition of [[Person|people]] (or [[organisms]]) who frequently [[experience]], or live with the threat
  2 KB (296 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Ethnic
  ...n ethnicus, from [[Greek]] ethnikos national, gentile, from ethnos nation, people; akin to Greek ēthos [[custom]] ...ethnos, normally translated as "[[nation]]." The terms refer currently to people thought to have common [[ancestry]] who [[share]] a distinctive [[culture]]
  3 KB (405 words) - 00:54, 13 December 2020
• Folk
  ...H.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] folc; akin to Old High German folc people ...ly]] referred to a "host of [[warriors]]". Compare Old Norse folk meaning "people" but more so "army" or "detachment", German Gefolge ("host"), and Lithuania
  5 KB (706 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Lullaby
  ...Middle English]) + ''bye'', interjection used to lull a child, from Middle English ''by'' ...tion "Lilith – abi!" ["Lilith – begone"] which is a possible origin of the English word "lullaby".
  2 KB (324 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Spell
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German spel talk, tale ...pells into [[psychological]] [[magic]], which seeks to [[influence]] other people's [[minds]] to do the magician's will, such as with a [[love]] spell, or il
  2 KB (311 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Neighborhood
  ...(akin to Old High German nāhgibūr); akin to Old English nēah near and Old English gebūr dweller — Neighbourhoods are typically generated by social [[interaction]] among people living near one another. In this sense they are local social [[units]] larg
  2 KB (337 words) - 01:20, 13 December 2020
• Chinese
  *People who reside in and hold citizenship of the People's Republic of China (mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) or the Republic o ...oups live in China that are officially recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China, such as Han, Zhuang, Manchu, Tibetans, and other estab
  3 KB (434 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
• Shyness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] scēoh; akin to Old High German sciuhen to [[frighten]] off ...pproached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people. Shyness may come from [[genetic]] traits, the [[environment]] in which a [
  2 KB (312 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Tandem
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''thæt'' that The [[English]] word "tandem" derives from the Latin adverb ''tandem'' meaning "at length
  2 KB (263 words) - 01:49, 13 December 2020
• Zion
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], [[citadel]] in [[Palestine]] which was the [[nucleus]] of [[Jerusalem]], ...ayin Zayin]. The commonly used form is an adopted mis-transliteration in [[English]] based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant Protestant] German
  3 KB (482 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Suburb
  ...first recorded usage of the term in [[English]], according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], was made by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe John ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_city inner city] areas, but in Australian English, "suburb" has become largely synonymous with what is called a "[[neighborho
  2 KB (373 words) - 02:36, 13 December 2020
• Meadow
  ...N_PERIOD Old English] ''mǣdwe'', oblique case form of ''mǣd''; akin to Old English ''māwan'' to mow .../Grass grass] and other non-woody plants (grassland). The term is from Old English ''mædwe''. In [[agriculture]] a meadow is grassland which is not grazed by
  3 KB (446 words) - 01:21, 13 December 2020
• Clerk
  ...n American English, this includes shop staff, but in British English, such people are known as shop assistants and are not considered to be clerks. Also, the
  3 KB (373 words) - 23:47, 12 December 2020
• Fealty
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] feute, fealtye, from Anglo-French feelté, fealté, from [[Latin]] fidelit ...ipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval Europe], fealty was sworn between two people, the obliged person (vassal) and a person of rank (lord). This was done as
  2 KB (217 words) - 00:25, 13 December 2020
• Gullibility
  ...th century. The first attestation of ''gullibility'' known to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] appears in 1793, and ''gullible'' in 1825. The OED gives gulli ...pear in the 1900 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_English_Dictionary New English Dictionary].
  3 KB (451 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Egalitarian
  *2 : a social [[philosophy]] advocating the removal of inequalities among people ...ocial [[philosophy]] advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people.
  2 KB (214 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Ageing
  '''Ageing''' (British English) or '''aging''' (American English) is the accumulation of [[changes]] in an [[organism]] or object over time. ...e distinguished from "social ageing" (cultural age-[[expectations]] of how people should act as they grow older) and "biological ageing" (an [[organism]]'s [
  4 KB (517 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
• Native
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] natif, from Middle French, from [[Latin]] nativus, from natus, past partic ...fly Australian : having a usually superficial resemblance to a specified [[English]] plant or [[animal]]
  2 KB (360 words) - 01:24, 13 December 2020
• Talent
  ...sidered to be an innate, [[personal]] gift possessed by [[relatively]] few people. In [[essence]], someone with talent has an aptitude to do certain [[things ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] talente, from [[Latin]] talenta, plural of talentum unit of weight or [[mo
  2 KB (253 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Naked
  ...glish#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Old English nacod; akin to Old High German nackot naked, [[Latin]] nudus, Greek gymnos ...[entertainment]] of various [[types]]. Nudity in the [[presence]] of other people may give rise to [[controversy]].
  2 KB (362 words) - 01:27, 13 December 2020
• Reprobate
  The [[English]] [[word]], reprobate, is from the [[Latin]] root probare (English: prove, test), and thus derived from the Latin, reprobatus ([[reproved]], [ ...nconditional [[election]] which derives that some of [[mankind]] ([[Chosen People|the elect]]) are predestined by [[God]] for [[salvation]]. Therefore, the r
  2 KB (214 words) - 02:28, 13 December 2020
• Controversy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] controversie, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] controversia, from controv ...ture]] enough or can find a common ground to [[share]] and [[discuss]] its people's [[feelings]], and one's own direct [[observations]] and [[experiences]] o
  2 KB (270 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
• Tribulation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tribulacion, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] tribulation-, tribulatio, f ...hatology]], the Tribulation is a [[relatively]] short period of time where people who follow [[God]] will [[experience]] worldwide persecution and be [[Pure|
  2 KB (227 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Nightmare
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from ''night'' + ''mare'' ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] "mare", a [[mythological]] [[demon]] who torments [[human being]]s with [[
  2 KB (273 words) - 01:27, 13 December 2020
• 64:2 The Foxhall Peoples
  ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] by a somewhat superior and prolific people, whose [[descendants]] soon spread over the entire continent from the ice i .../North_Sea North Sea], but some three or four are still above water on the English coast.
  4 KB (568 words) - 23:36, 12 December 2020
• Deafness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf''; akin to [[Greek]] ''typhlos'' [[blind]], ''typhein'' to smoke, ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf'', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ''doof'' and German ''taub
  3 KB (441 words) - 23:41, 12 December 2020
• Rebuke
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French rebucher, rebouker to blunt, check, reprimand In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law English law] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law canon law] of the [ht
  2 KB (306 words) - 02:28, 13 December 2020
• Response
  ...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] & [[Latin]]; Middle English respounce, from Anglo-French respuns, respounce, from Latin responsum reply ...ply or a reaction: as a : a verse, phrase, or [[word]] sung or said by the people or choir after or in reply to the officiant in a liturgical service
  2 KB (267 words) - 01:56, 13 December 2020
• Clan
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Scottish Gaelic clann offspring, clan, from Old Irish cland plant, o :b : a [[group]] of people tracing descent from a common ancestor : [[family]]
  3 KB (500 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
• Mob
  ...in]] phrase mobile vulgus [[meaning]] "the fickle crowd", from which the [[English]] term "mob" was originally derived in the 1680s. ...ocracy ("rule of the general [[populace]]") is [[democracy]] ("rule of the people") spoiled by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagoguery demagoguery], "[[ty
  3 KB (396 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Soirée
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] sīth late A '''party''' is a gathering of people who have been invited by a [[host]] for the [[purposes]] of [[socializing]]
  1 KB (224 words) - 01:49, 13 December 2020
• Baggage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''bagage'', from Middle French, from ''bagues'' belongings, baggage ...ng to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], the word luggage enters printed [[English]] in 1596. The word derived from the verb "lug," as in "that which needs to
  2 KB (344 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
• Waste
  ...tive, desolate, waste, from [[Latin]] vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste Waste is sometimes a [[subjective]] [[concept]], because items that some people discard may have [[value]] to others. It is widely [[recognized]] that wast
  2 KB (271 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Dizziness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dysig'' stupid; akin to Old High German ''tusig'' stupid ...e sensation of spinning or having one's surroundings spin about them. Many people find vertigo very disturbing and often report associated nausea and vomitin
  3 KB (408 words) - 00:50, 13 December 2020
• David Crystal
  ...ed St Mary's College, Seftonfrom 1951] He grew up bilingual in Welsh and [[English]], which influenced his approach to language education. ...aphy]]. He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).
  5 KB (741 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
• Whey
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hwæg''; akin to Middle Dutch ''wey'' whey ...upplements can help regulate and reduce spikes in blood sugar levels among people with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_diabetes type 2 diabetes] by inc
  2 KB (358 words) - 02:42, 13 December 2020
• Staring
  [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:People-staring-at-computers.jpg|right|frame]] ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''starian''; akin to Old High German ''starēn'' to stare, [[Greek]] ''ste
  2 KB (308 words) - 02:34, 13 December 2020
• Wilderness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wilddēoren of wild beasts ...ems]] that are, or have been, inhabited or [[influenced]] by activities of people may still be considered "wild." This way of looking at wilderness includes
  5 KB (804 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• City
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] citie large or small town, from Anglo-French cité, from Medieval [[Latin] *3 : the people of a city
  3 KB (421 words) - 23:47, 12 December 2020
• Actors
  ...word is sexist. [[Gender]]-neutral usage of actor has re-emerged in modern English, especially when referring to [[male]] and [[female]] performers [[collecti Actors were [[traditionally]] not people of high [[status]], and in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_
  3 KB (531 words) - 23:36, 12 December 2020
• Calendar
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] calender, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French kalender, from The [[English]] [[word]] calendar is derived from the [[Latin]] word kalendae, which was
  3 KB (398 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
• Shalom
  ...aning ''peace'', ''hello'', ''goodbye'' and ''wellbeing.'' As it does in [[English]], it can refer to either [[peace]] between two entities (especially betwee ...Arabic ''[[Assalamu alaikum]]''. On Erev [[Shabbat]] (Sabbath eve), Jewish people have a custom of singing a song which is called [[Shalom aleichem#Friday ni
  5 KB (720 words) - 02:03, 5 September 2009
• Anoint
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from [[Latin]] inu The [[word]] is known in [[English]] since c. 1303, deriving from Old French enoint "smeared on", pp. of enoin
  2 KB (291 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
• Shunning
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''scunian'', abhor, shrink back with [[fear]], seek [[safety]] from an [[e ...nformation related to particular [[viewpoint]]. Some groups are made up of people who shun the same [[ideas]].
  3 KB (451 words) - 02:28, 13 December 2020
• Sabbath
  ...09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sabat, from Anglo-French & Old English, from [[Latin]] sabbatum, from [[Greek]] sabbaton, from [[Hebrew]] shabbāt ...regard it as having been instituted as a "perpetual [[covenant]] [for] the people of [[Israel]]" ([https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exo
  4 KB (521 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Gloom
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''gloumen'' People describe [[light]] conditions as gloomy when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/
  2 KB (277 words) - 23:59, 12 December 2020
• Imp
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''impa'', from ''impian'' to imp ...d or harmed by certain [[weapons]] and [[enchantments]], or be kept out of people's [[homes]] by the use of wards.
  5 KB (781 words) - 00:09, 13 December 2020
• Friendship
  ...g/wiki/English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] freondscipe "friendship, mutual liking and regard," also "conjugal love" fr. Old English ''freond'' "one attached to another by [[feelings]] of personal regard and
  3 KB (409 words) - 15:45, 12 January 2021
• Hierarchy
  ...as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. (Oxford English Dictionary ISBN 0-19-861186-2) ...osed to [[anarchy]] where there is no concept of higher or lower items (or people) -- everything is considered equal.
  4 KB (635 words) - 01:17, 13 December 2020
• World War II
  ...distinction between civilian and military resources. Over seventy million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest confl
  3 KB (417 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Blindness
  ..._ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German blint blind, Old English blandan to mix ...]] as a normally sighted person could from 200 feet (61 m). In many areas, people with [[average]] acuity who nonetheless have a visual field of less than 20
  4 KB (665 words) - 23:47, 12 December 2020
• Tease
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] tǣsan; akin to Old High German zeisan to tease ...sing can be regarded as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirting flirting]. People may be teased on such matters as their [[appearance]], weight, [[behavior]]
  2 KB (333 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Kything
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''cȳthan'', from ''cūth'' In such a frame of [[mind]], the two people [[intuitively]] know the [[meaning]] of what the other is telling them, dis
  3 KB (410 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Chaperone
  The [[English]] verb ''chaperon'', "to be a chaperon," is first recorded in [https://en.w *2: an older person who accompanies [[young people]] at a [[social]] gathering to ensure proper [[behavior]]; broadly : one d
  4 KB (550 words) - 23:47, 12 December 2020
• Eccentric
  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Middle English], from Medieval [[Latin]] eccentricus, from [[Greek]] ekkentros, from ex ou Eccentric first appeared in [[English]] in 1551 as an [[astronomical]] term [[meaning]] "a [[circle]] in which th
  3 KB (432 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Commonwealth
  ...eal," to mean "a [[state]] in which the supreme [[power]] is vested in the people; a republic or [[democratic]] state." ...one founded on [[law]] and united by compact or tacit [[agreement]] of the people for the common good
  3 KB (478 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
• Voluntary
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French voluntarie, from [[Latin]] voluntarius, from voluntas w ...intended to promote [[good]] or improve [[human]] [[quality]] of life, but people also volunteer for their own skill [[development]], to meet others, to make
  2 KB (319 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Principle
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French principe, principle, from Old French, from [[Latin]] p ...and many dictionaries warn against confusing principle and principal, many people still do. Principle is only a noun; principal is both adjective and noun.
  1 KB (177 words) - 01:56, 13 December 2020
• Autumn
  ...fall in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English American] [[English]]) is one of the four [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate temperate] [ ...ing in towns (especially those who could [[read]] and [[write]], the only people whose use of [[language]] we now know), the word harvest lost its [[referen
  6 KB (924 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
• King
  ...SAXON_PERIOD Old English] cyning; akin to Old High German kuning king, Old English cynn kin ...ng also into the modern period, e.g. Maquinna, king of perhaps 2000 Nootka people in the early 20th century.
  3 KB (519 words) - 01:38, 13 December 2020
• Feud
  ...e, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fēhida hostility, feud, Old English fāh hostile — foe ...ight between parties—often, through [[association]] [[fallacy]], groups of people, especially [[families]] or [[clans]]. Feuds begin because one party (corre
  2 KB (341 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Transcripts
  ...honetic transcription of the name of the former Russian president known in English as Boris Yeltsin, followed by accepted hybrid forms in various languages. N ...ent systems. For example, the Mandarin Chinese name for the capital of the People's Republic of China is Beijing in the commonly-used contemporary system Han
  5 KB (694 words) - 13:15, 6 October 2009
• Auctoritas
  ...nd is the origin of English "[[authority]]". While historically its use in English was restricted to discussions of the political [[history of Rome]], the beg ...g to French linguist [[Emile Benveniste]], ''auctor'' (which also gives us English "[[author]]") is derived from Latin augeō ("to augment"). The ''auctor'' i
  6 KB (820 words) - 12:05, 6 May 2009
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
  ...overage of principles, theories, techniques, [[artefacts]], [[materials]], people, places, monuments, equipment, and descriptive terms - from amphora to zigg
  1 KB (165 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
• Heaven
  ...ally described as the [[Holiness|holiest]] possible place, accessible by [[people]] according to various standards of [[divinity]], [[goodness]], [[Devotion| ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''heofon'' around 1000 referring to the [[Christianity|Christianized]] "pl
  3 KB (391 words) - 22:31, 12 December 2020
• Hut
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hȳd skin, hide Huts are used as temporary [[shelter]] by people. Huts are quickly built of [[natural]] materials such as ice, stone, leathe
  2 KB (282 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Attraction
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''attractus'', past participle of ''attrahere'', from ''ad ''Interpersonal'' '''attraction''' is the attraction between people which leads to [[friendships]] and [[romantic]] [[relationships]]. Interper
  4 KB (573 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
• Scandal
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ''scandalum'' stumbling block, [[offense]], from [[Greek] ...umbling-block, the [[metaphor]] is that wrong conduct can impede or "trip" people's [[trust]] or [[faith]].
  2 KB (292 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Pride
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] prȳde, from prūd proud ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''prut'', probably from Old French ''prud'' "[[brave]], valiant" (11th cen
  4 KB (579 words) - 02:20, 13 December 2020
• Submission
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''submission''-, ''submissio'' act of l ...nterpersonal [[problem]], such as partner [[abuse]]. If one or both of the people are experiencing chronic, pervasive [[emotional]] distress then the [[sex]]
  2 KB (352 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Law
  The noun ''law'' derives from the late Old English ''lagu'', meaning something laid down or fixed [https://www.etymonline.com/ ..."interpretive concept to achieve justice, as in "[[authority]]" to mediate people's conflicting interests, and even as "the command of a sovereign, backed by
  2 KB (346 words) - 01:23, 13 December 2020
• Synagogue
  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Middle English] synagoge, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin synagoga, from [[Greek]] syna ...assemble. [[Worship]] can also be carried out alone or with fewer than ten people assembled together. However there are certain [[prayers]] that are communal
  3 KB (410 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Melees
  ...ge mélange], [[milieu]]. Like other common foreign-derived terms used in [[English]], the word is sometimes written without accents (i.e. as "melee"). ...[[confused]] [[struggle]]; especially : a hand-to-hand fight among several people
  3 KB (552 words) - 01:20, 13 December 2020
• Canals
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] canalis pipe, [[channel]], from canna reed ...portation]] canals used for carrying ships and boats loaded with goods and people, often [[connected]] to existing [[lakes]], [[rivers]], or [[oceans]].
  1 KB (198 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
• Stroke
  ...glish#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Old English ''strācian''; akin to Old High German ''strīhhan'' to stroke ...e while 3.2 million deaths resulted from hemorrhagic stroke. About half of people who have had a stroke live less than one year. Overall, two thirds of strok
  4 KB (658 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Numerology
  [[Latin]] ''numerus'' + English -''o- + -logy'' ...story of numerological [[ideas]], the word "numerology" is not recorded in English before c.1907.
  3 KB (416 words) - 01:25, 13 December 2020
• Travel
  The [[word]] originates from the Middle [[English]] word travailen ("to toil"), which comes from the Old French word travaill '''Travel''' is the [[change]] in location of people on a trip through any means of transport from one location to another. Trav
  1 KB (180 words) - 22:42, 12 December 2020
• Prose
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prosa, from [[feminine]] of prorsus, p *1 a : the ordinary [[language]] people use in [[speaking]] or [[writing]]
  3 KB (443 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Bigotry
  ...e King, turning about, called him bigot, which then passed from him to his people. This is quite probably [[fiction]]al, as Gisla is unknown in Frankish sour ...the Normans, but it is unclear whether or not this is how it entered the [[English]] [[language]].
  4 KB (530 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
• Praise
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] preisen, from Anglo-French preiser, priser to appraise, [[esteem]] ...er, some people are less affected by or even averse to praise, for example people with [[autism]] or schizoid [[personality]] disorder.[citation needed]
  3 KB (348 words) - 02:25, 13 December 2020
• Distress
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''destresse'', from Anglo-French ''destresce'', from Vulgar Latin ''distri ...the [[opposite]] of eustress, a [[positive]] stress that [[motivates]] us. People under constant distress are more likely to become sick, mentally or physica
  2 KB (287 words) - 01:08, 13 December 2020
• Murder
  ...dle English murdre, from Anglo-French, of Germanic [[origin]]; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, [[Latin]] mort-, mors death, ...toronomy#Chapter_.5 Deuteronomy 5v17]). The Vulgate and subsequent early [[English]] [[translations]] of the [[Bible]] used the term [[secret]]ly killeth his
  5 KB (843 words) - 01:24, 13 December 2020
• Rejection
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] rejectus, past participle of reicere, from re- + jacere to ...]] can be rejected on an [[individual]] basis or by an entire [[group]] of people. Furthermore, rejection can be either [[active]], by bullying, teasing, or
  2 KB (323 words) - 02:00, 13 December 2020
• Affinity
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''affinite'', from Anglo-French or [[Latin]]; Anglo-French ''affinité'', :b (1) : an [[attraction]] to or liking for something <people with an affinity to [[darkness]] — Mark Twain> <pork and fennel have a na
  4 KB (508 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
• Epistle
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''epistula'', ''episto ...letter') is a [[writing]] directed or sent to a [[person]] or [[group]] of people, usually an elegant and formal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didactic dida
  2 KB (216 words) - 23:57, 12 December 2020
• Vulgar
  ...rom [[Latin]] vulgaris of the mob, vulgar, from volgus, vulgus mob, common people *3 a : of or [[relating]] to the common people : plebeian
  3 KB (398 words) - 02:42, 13 December 2020
• 2008-05-26-Spanish 11:11
  ...very little will change. The English human contingent counts some 25 odd people. The Spanish group will also grow. It is sizeable now. It is consistent “We expect that for a lengthy period of time the English transmissions will be continue to be translated into Spanish, and that you
  2 KB (381 words) - 16:47, 26 December 2010
• Growth
  ...mic]] growth, which is only a means —if a very important one —of enlarging people’s choices. ...these choices is building human capabilities —the range of [[things]] that people can do or be in life. The most basic capabilities for human development are
  3 KB (513 words) - 01:10, 13 December 2020
• Patron
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & [[Latin]]; Medieval Latin patron *4: the holder of the right of presentation to an [[English]] ecclesiastical benefice
  3 KB (416 words) - 02:35, 13 December 2020
• Diaspora
  *2a : the movement, [[migration]], or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland <the black diaspora to north :b : people settled far from their ancestral homelands <African diaspora>
  7 KB (956 words) - 23:57, 12 December 2020
• Mountain
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French muntaine, from Vulgar Latin montanea, from [[feminine]] ...tinuity has been used as criteria for defining a mountain. In the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] a mountain is defined as "a [[natural]] elevation of the [[ear
  3 KB (483 words) - 01:21, 13 December 2020
• Syndicate
  *1: a group of [[people]] or [[businesses]] that [[work]] [[together]] *2: a group of people who are involved in organized [[crime]]
  2 KB (318 words) - 02:36, 13 December 2020
• Sacrilege
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] sacrilegium, from sacrilegus one who ro ...igious]], and their [[spiritually]]-based uses in modern [[English]], many people mistakenly assume that the two [[words]] are etymologically linked, or that
  4 KB (601 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• 2011-05-13-New Transmission System
  ...he original message that follows was in French and has been translated for English audiences] ...onton, as well as from Havona and Paradise, to communicate directly with people who are in your local universe. The local universe in return can use this
  6 KB (1,068 words) - 23:09, 14 May 2011
• Oath
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] āth; akin to Old High German eid oath, Middle Irish oeth. The spec. sense ...ing something or someone the oath-taker holds [[sacred]], is an oath. Many people take an oath by holding in their hand or placing over their head a [[book]]
  4 KB (694 words) - 01:27, 13 December 2020
• Fraud
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fraude, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] fraud-, fraus ...iction]]. Fraud is a [[crime]], and also a civil law violation. Defrauding people or [[entities]] of [[money]] or valuables is a common [[purpose]] of fraud,
  1 KB (217 words) - 01:05, 13 December 2020
• Rural
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French, from [[Latin]] ruralis, from rur-, rus open land *of or relating to the country, country people or life, or [[agriculture]]
  1 KB (198 words) - 02:33, 13 December 2020
• Wand
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] windan to wind, twist ...'s most feared [[tool]] is her wand, whose [[magic]] is capable of turning people into stone.
  3 KB (520 words) - 02:44, 13 December 2020

View (previous 100 | next 100) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)