Language is always changing, and in Gallimaufry , Michael Quinion has gathered together hundreds of fascinating examples of words and meanings which have vanished from our language. Sometimes a word is lost when the thing it describes becomes obsolete, sometimes it survives in a figurative sense while the original meaning is lost, and sometimes it simply gives way to a more popular alternative. All told, the book includes over a thousand curious words grouped under such headings as Food and Drink, Health and Medicine, and ...
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Language is always changing, and in Gallimaufry , Michael Quinion has gathered together hundreds of fascinating examples of words and meanings which have vanished from our language. Sometimes a word is lost when the thing it describes becomes obsolete, sometimes it survives in a figurative sense while the original meaning is lost, and sometimes it simply gives way to a more popular alternative. All told, the book includes over a thousand curious words grouped under such headings as Food and Drink, Health and Medicine, and Entertainment and Leisure. Quinion concludes the book with an index of featured words.
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