Archive for the ‘dictionary and meaning’ Category

OED online ..coming to a public library near you

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Excellent news. "the OED Online (along with a range of other Oxford Online resources) will soon be available in almost all public libraries in England as a result of a landmark agreement between Oxford University Press and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council" Brilliant - now i don't have to fork out ...

professor of trivia

Monday, December 5th, 2005

now there's a profession that sounds like fun...It may be interesting to note the following- trivia - plural of trivium which is - "The lower division of the seven liberal arts in medieval schools, consisting of grammar, logic, and rhetoric"

Liberal?

Friday, November 18th, 2005

(filched from furry folks..) so what's in a word? 7 definitions for liberal: From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : Liberal \Lib"er*al\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al), a. [F. lib['e]ral, L. liberalis, from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it pleases, E. lief. Cf. Deliver.] ...

prejudice

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

prej·u·dice : noun. 1. a. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts. b. A preconceived preference or idea. 2. The act or ...