Definition of ETYMOLOGY
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Definition of ETYMOLOGY
Dictionary dump (unformatted): a/an : “A was modified from the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the eagle. In Hebrew it was an ox, and in Greek it was a “symbol of a bad AUGURY in the sacrifices.” The distinction between a/an happened around the 1300s. aardvark : South African “earth pig” aaron’s serpent : “something so powerful as to swallow up mi
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Mark Levy • Accidental Genius
There are capacity reasons why a dictionary, thesaurus, rhyme dictionary, usage dictionary, and etymology library can’t be fused into a physical artifact. It would be tens of thousands of pages. But why can’t we combine them all together into a digital interface? I’m sure this has been tried…