 |  | ||||||||
| Attention, BlackBerry smartphone users! | |||||||||
Word of the Day for Monday, February 21, 2011inkhorn \INK-horn\, adjective: 1. Affectedly or ostentatiously learned; pedantic. noun: . . .the widespread use of what were called (dismissively, by truly learned folk) "inkhorn terms." In prison he wrote the De Consolatione Philosophiae, his most celebrated work and one of the most translated works in history; it was translated . . . by Elizabeth I into florid, inkhorn language. Inkhorn derives from the name for the container formerly used (beginning in the 14th century) for holding ink, originally made from a real horn. Hence it came to refer to words that were being used by learned writers and scholars but which were unknown or rare in ordinary speech. | |||||||||
 Words of the Day? How about words of timeless wisdom?Introducing our Quotes channel! "Life itself is a quotation." - Jorge Luis Borges | |||||||||
  Michigander or Michiganian? Learn what these local names are known asJust like the old "tu'mey-tow" vs. "tu'maa-tow" debate, Michiganders, or Michiganians�(depending on which side you're on), have long found themselves in a state of disconnect. It seems that the great divide facing residents of the Great Lake State these days centers around the demonym - the name of a resident of a specific locality -... | |||||||||
| |||||||||
No comments:
Post a Comment