Etymological Guide to the English Language: Being a Collection, Alphabetically Arranged, of the Principal Roots, Affixes, and Prefixes, with Their Derivatives and Compounds
Etymological Guide to the English Language: Being a Collection, Alphabetically Arranged, of the Principal Roots, Affixes, and Prefixes, with Their Derivatives and Compounds
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: ...stipendiary; vilipend, see ViI.is. See Pondus, Penser, Stipendium. Pene (Lat.), Almost. Hence peninsula (Lat, comp. of pene and insula), land almost surrounded by water; pen'msulated; peninsular, a word which I have not found in any dictionary, but which now surely is well recognised, for who has not heard of " the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: ...stipendiary; vilipend, see ViI.is. See Pondus, Penser, Stipendium. Pene (Lat.), Almost. Hence peninsula (Lat, comp. of pene and insula), land almost surrounded by water; pen'msulated; peninsular, a word which I have not found in any dictionary, but which now surely is well recognised, for who has not heard of " the peninsular war?" penultimate, last bu one; antepenultimate, last bu two; penumbra, an imperfec shadow (a term in astronomy) Penexbo (Lat. supposed to be derived from Penitus, inward), To pierce, to enter in. Hence penetrate; penetration; penetrative; penetrable; penetrability; impenetrable; impenetrability. Penna (Lat.), A quill. Hence pen, an instrument of writing; penman; penmanship; penknife; pcnnated, winged, a term used also by botanists; penner, a writer, also an old word for a pen-case. Penser (Fr. from Penso, Lat. and that from Pendo), To think, to meditate. Hence pensive, thoughtful, melancholy; pensiveness; prepense, premeditated; as in the expression malice prepense, sometimes corrupted by the vulgar into malice propense. Pente (Gr.), Five. Hence pentacfwrd (comp. of pente and cliorde), an instrument with five strings; pentagon (comp. of pente and gonia), a figure with five corners; pentagonal; pentameter (comp. of pente and meter), a Latin verse of five feet; pentateuch (comp. of pente and tcuchos), the five books of Moses; pentapetalous (comp. of pente and petalon), having five flower-leaves; pentecost (Gr. Pentecoste, or fiftieth), the Hebrew feast of weeks, so called because it took place about fifty days after the Passover; peniatchy, the government of five, used by old writers in reference to the five senses. Penuria (I/at, derived accord, ing to some from Gr. Penes, a needy man), Poverty. Hence penury, poverty; penurio...
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