New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-21
ADDED TO THE LANGUAGE
Hoo Words Dire Created, and if
Needed, Remain an Use.

Il once heard Mr.. Beecher create a word" said
one OF the participants In discussion about Ian
guase 1T was in one of his sermons in Plymouth
Church in which he laying emphasis on the
love of God Suddenly he said. apparently with
cut reconciliation Our God is not a belIiferous
God OF course. by the context every one knew
what he meant. and those of his hearers who had
the most rudmentary knowledge of Latin could
trace the word 10 It's sources. 'bellum.' war and
Zero bear and knew he meant that God not
warl1ke. The similarity belligerent is also no.
ticeable, but the difference of meaning is appar-
ent. But do not find that 'beliferous has got
into the dictionaries"
"A word Henry Ward Beecher was fond of
using" said another was basilar in reference to
the lower nature of man, and 1t became almost
an obsession with him at one time to 1t. While
the word is not common one. II is found in the
dictionaries in the in which he made use of
1t and has been used by many excellent authori-
ties. Mr.. Beecher. doubtless, thought it the most
expressive word for the meaning he intended TO
convey"
In speaking of William Jennings Bryan's sceheme
for federal and state ownership of railroads Sem
ator Daniel of Virginia coined tho word "politi-
cation to characterize It. referring to the poll
tcation of railroads" In recent political speech
Job Hedges referred TO tine mental magazine of
the Democratic candidate for Governor of the EN-
pre State as "Hisbrane.'' hit that was reished
by his hearers. The word "spellbnder, now in
common use. was evolved from spellbound a few
campaigns age The Plunderbund. the Blunder-
bund and the Slanderbund OF the present campaign
V Ia to aye place IN the
terms is not apt to be of prolonged duration.
there terms coined which We're exceed.
iingly. expressive. An English newspaper spoke of
to the distinguished advocate Of sinpiiied forms
Josh Wbe none 10 what Of he
modified words new. of them are so
being recognized as old acquaintances and with the
progress Of the reform there win be further
Will be wholly unknown.
additions to the words in common use Copper
head was used to designate the more venomous
"contraband'' was used as a common term for
freed slaves, its use arising from proclamation
band OF war The of the word FURNISHES to
the revival Of which is once more reatened IS
traced to the fact that General Ambrose E. Burn
noteworthy instance Of adding to the Ian
HnsIf a5 5a b za0 iappeared with the
wrote to the newspaper and received this reply
from Mr. =, relative TO a headline that appeared
IN this paper some time ago. we desire TO state that
means take the brakes Off Without restraint. or
more vulgarly speaking don't giver dam 1t really
mas no meaning, and was used by the headline
where; and It seems as # it did. ''e''',''' any
., The use OF the word pacifcation,' in the sense
Spanish war, and "Americanizaton'' came into
WIN the ffhupplne~. me Word cleo
trihcation is coming into use in regard 10 the
change of motive power railroads, the need of
it being apparent.
While new words added to the language. old
archaic form OF the word surgeon, once in good
use. "chirurgeon." derived directly the
Greek, but which is longer used anywhere the
shorter and simpler form having wholly slpplanted
world and not found elsewhere not having been
transferred from one language to another trans
lateq so as TO come into popular For instance,
an English writer tells of the delight eating
genuine Swiss "chirschmus." a form OF preserved
cherries, but the word is in English dictionary.
rrooaply the derivation is similar that of
Iles on me continent But our word cherry, IN
us original form. was 'chers.' derived from the
french cerise but this form being mistaken for
lar was supposed TO be n plural Another instance
OF IKE lornauon is that OF sherry. from Sherrs.
ana shay from chaise. Riches is now regarded
d plural noun but 1t is really a singular one, and
the old fern of the plural was ''richesses.'
NO source OF the word tote universally used in
ont south In the sense OF carry. has been found.
heen suggested. Many words regarded purely
Americanisms. especially in England, have been
Iound 10 belong TO the older English, corrupted
OF changed in their native land but preserved in
UNIVERSAL use of the word autumn in England and
eeeprecaton of fall as AmeriCansm is unfounded
tuI IalL was n good word in Elzabethan English OF
saxon origin, while autumn is OF Latin origin
ana rs derived from the god of the
Many words come into general after their spe-
Cldl application has been extended. one such bar
IN sporting parance is negotiate. in the sense of
successfully accomplishing negotiating hill"
Tor having climbed it wheel n automo-
pile The barbarsm auto is gradually supplant-
form or word coinage, but autoCar bids
to find a successful place