The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-12-24
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CHANGES IN THE EslMEANING OF WORDS.
Language shares in all the yicissi-
tudes of man. It reflects all the chang
es in the character, Tastes customs and
opinions of q people, aud shows hoW
they, adVancsl or .feced o in culture and
morality. ,Oftenit the meaning of the
word changes impercePtibly, until il
becomes just the opposite OF what II
once was. Tes let, ia the cem5u on YER
sion of the Bible IAnd in Shakespeare
means toroppose day, it means to
permit. AnecdOfe means q short,
amusing story, ETY. rnolcgically, it de-
notes something as yet imp blished.
The instant an hecaote iR published, ,
il bellies it, titleiitis snoq longer an
anecdote. To preUent, which now
means to hinder or obstfuct, signified
iii its Latin setem otoggn 70 s&hticipate,
to get the START of, aud isthns used in
the Old Testament Girl once desig-
pated a young person OF either sex
| Rid0.D was applied to men as well as
women. AstonSShed literally means
thunderstruck, rs its derivation from
."attonare", shows; Miltenl apeaks OF a
knsVe who threw heavy stones uRon
4 certain king, "whereof the one
smete the King upon his head. the
othereastonished his shoulder. Prop
erty and pTopTiety como from the
same French word, "proDrlte so
that the FrenchmAn in New York
was not far out otlth6 way, 0when, IN
the panic of 1857, he said be s'shOuld
lose all his propYiety-' ri 3oa6 .4W
WORDS WITH CURIOUS DERIvATIoEss
Saunterers were once pilgrims to
the Holy Land. Qd Sdinte T'eTre) who
il was found, took their own time &c
go there. Bit is that which ls bit on
and exactly corresponds with the
word "mortel," used in the same sense,
and derived from theB Latin aT1OTdere
to bite. Bankrupt means iterrlly
broken bench. 1t was the coatom in
the twelfth. and thirteenth centuries
| for the Lombard merchants to expose
their wares for sale In 1.-THE market
place en- benches. When OneFof their
number failed. all the other merchants
set upon him, drove him from the
mxrket, and broke his benchIto pieces
"BGaco rottO, {" the Italian for bench
broken, becomes bGnQuerOaste In
French, and in English bankrupt Cal
tif, from the Latin cdptivWs, is only
another form of c1ptiVe. The French
chetif, mean. spitefuls has the same
origin-both3 words referring to thC
moral degradation produced by cap
tivity MouDtebank means q quack
medicine vendor, from the Italian
snpontGre." /" to mo0nt, and "6eFlcO," Z
bench. Literally, ssnss who mounts 8
bench to boast of his infallible skill in
curing diseases. Toad-eater is 9 meta
phor taken from moustebank's boy
eating toads, IN order to show hil
masters skill in expelIins poison. Tht
propriety of the terM reats ca the fact
that dependent persons are often fore
| ed TO do most nauseous things tC
please their patrons. Quandary iE 1
.cerruption of the French ssqW'en sdis'G
lje7' efiwhat5 shall Lsay of it, !" and eK
presses that feeling, of uncertaiDty
which naturally prompts such Quea
tion. Faint is from the French 81
feindre, to pretend /; sothat originally
faintingl from q pretsnded wsaknes
or inability.fa We have an example o.
| the thing, originally Indicated by the
word, in the French theatres, where
professional faiAterod are employed
whose business is to be overcome and
to sink. to the floor, under, the power.
/ full acting of the traSedians. Top6y.
| Turvey Is said to bea contraction Ol
/ coiruptions0f stop-side GOtaer way,
Just as llelten-bk elter is Ihilaritird e
celeriter, "sgaiIy and squickly.Yd Hip
hip hurrah was originally war SRI
adopted by the stormera of q German
/ towii, whereiusa great many JC Wa haC
tax EN- refuge. The place bHing sack
ed, they were all put 70, sthsl sword
/ nndpr the shouts of HieroS0lymG es
perditd. From the first letter OF those
words (h. e, p,) an Sxclamatioii wa
i cohtrive ed ioH GHJ YeAB .5t9ICyuf
lass siqDEc 4rTiVR ETY. jiSB
Wiseacredhas mo eOnnection witt
sHsacre.r2 The word is q corruption
both in spelling and pronunciation, o
I or saying Of wise maxims.9 Gooseber
Try, DR.. Jolmson explains as ga frui
eaten and sauce for gOese.Y 1t iS
however, corruption OF the German
.skrus- -beere"-lroin ''kraus" or"gorse
crisp; and the fruit gets name from
the uprig ht hairs with which itis Gov
| eEeOS n nC t1SuSisPtCSsls "a - pOO n Il
not q piece in front OF the book it de
notes front view, and 10 from tn
Latin fI-ontiSpicfun Jerusalem Grti
i choke is corruption of girasoI arti
choke. Girssol, FreHch, means 'iturn
ing toward the snn."S Shamefacet
does not mean having face denotini
shame. Itis from the Amgio-Saxo
q seedmfaest. protected by shame. Sur
i name is from 1.-THE French strH0n
meaning additional name, and shonl
not. therefore, be spelled sirname, as
it meant the name of ones sire. Free
mason is not half Saxon, bat Is froT
the French frerenaacO1a, brothsrmasoI
n -LOndoR Standard. es e3.,I
APPEARANCE OF Milk UNDER tn
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