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This book described mimics as "subterranean creatures which cannot stand the light of the sun. They are able to perfectly mimic stone or wood." [2] According to the book, mimics thus pose as items such as stonework, doors, or chests; when a character or creature touches the disguised mimic, the mimic can lash out with a bludgeoning pseudopod. A ...
Mark Forsyth (born 2 April 1977) [1] [2] is a British writer of non-fiction who came to prominence with a series of books concerning the meaning and etymology of English words. [3] He is the author of best-selling [4] books The Etymologicon, The Horologicon, and The Elements of Eloquence, as well as being known for his blog The Inky Fool.
Mimesis (/ m ɪ ˈ m iː s ɪ s, m aɪ-/; [1] Ancient Greek: μίμησις, mīmēsis) is a term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a wide range of meanings, including imitatio, imitation, nonsensuous [clarification needed] similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry, the act of expression, the act of resembling, and the presentation of the self.
Neorxnawang (also Neorxenawang and Neorxnawong) is an Old English noun used to translate the Christian concept of paradise in Anglo-Saxon literature. [1] Scholars propose that the noun originally derives from Germanic mythology, referring to a "heavenly meadow" or place without toil or worries. [2]
Dante went so far as to place Isidore in Paradise in the final part of his Divine Comedy, Paradiso (10.130–131). [ 45 ] Throughout the Middle Ages, the Etymologiae was the textbook most in use, regarded so highly as a repository of classical learning that, in a great measure, it superseded the use of the individual works of the classics ...
Paronymic attraction is popular or folk etymology arising from similarity of appearance or sound. It is the distorting effect exerted on a word by one of its paronyms (that is, a quasi-homonym) according to etymology and onomastics. Paronymic attraction is the origin of many names. There are even cross-linguistic instances of such attractions.
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An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology.