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G. F. Graham. A Book About Words
A Book About Words
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF WORDS—FAMILIES OF WORDS
Families of Words (Saxon)
CHAPTER II. LATIN AND FRENCH WORDS
Latin Roots
CHAPTER III. OLD AND NEW WORDS
New French Words
CHAPTER IV. DEGENERACY OF WORDS
Contradictory Meanings
CHAPTER V. PLAY UPON WORDS
CHAPTER VI. CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT WORDS
CHAPTER VII. GRAND WORDS
CHAPTER VIII. THE SPELLING OF WORDS
CHAPTER IX. FLEXIBILITY, VARIETY, ETC. OF WORDS
Expansion
Assimilation
Attraction
Accent
Inversion
Corruption
CHAPTER X. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE SAME IDEA
CHAPTER XI. COMPOUND WORDS
CHAPTER XII. THE PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS
CHAPTER XIII. SLANG WORDS AND AMERICANISMS
Slang Words
Americanisms
CHAPTER XIV. GENERAL REMARKS ON WORDS, ETC
CHAPTER XV. GENERAL REMARKS ON WORDS, ETC.—continued
CHAPTER XVI. MISCELLANEOUS DERIVATIONS OF WORDS
FOOTNOTES:
Works by the same Author
GENERAL LIST OF WORKS
INDEX
Отрывок из книги
G. F. Graham
Published by Good Press, 2019
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From this verb we have in English—1. A ‘fiend,’ one who hates. 2. Hence also comes ‘foe,’ an enemy, or one hated. 3. To the same root may be traced ‘fie!’ an interjection expressing dislike or hatred; 4. and also ‘foh!’ or ‘faugh!’ an exclamation of disgust.
Fleaw-an—to flow.
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