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According and Oxford
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word baroque
is derived from
the Portuguese
word " barroco ", Spanish
" barroco ", or French
" baroque ", all
of which refer
to a
" rough or imperfect pearl ", though whether
it entered those languages via Latin
, Arabic
, or some other source
is uncertain.
According to Tom McArthur
in the Oxford Guide
to World
English, " For many people.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the translation
of the French term into
" human creature
" implies that
the label
" Christian
" is a reminder
of the humanity
of the afflicted
, in contrast
to brute beasts.
According to David Leeming
, writing
in The
Oxford Companion
to World Mythology
, the harrowing
of hell
is an example
of the motif
of the hero's descent
to the underworld
, which
is common
in many mythologies.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( 2nd ed.
According to Henry Howard
, Oxford paid a large sum for
the property and renovations
to it.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this
was in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Hous
of Fame
, ca.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term ' frequentist '
was first used by M. G. Kendall
in 1949
, to contrast with Bayesians
, whom he called
" non-frequentists
" ( he cites Harold Jeffreys ).
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, institutionalisation
of the word became complete with its
first appearance
in a dictionary
( 1848
) and
first appearance
in an encyclopedia
( 1868 ).
According to Oxford lexicographer Susie Dent
, Moon
, Entwistle
, and Page were talking about forming a supergroup.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the noun derives from a verb
to kilt
, originally meaning
" to gird up ;
to tuck up
( the skirts
) round
the body ", which
is apparently
of Scandinavian origin.
According to the novels
, Lord Peter
was educated at Eton College and Balliol College
, Oxford, where he graduated with a first-class degree
in history.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( 1933
) the term
" carol
" was first used
in England for this type
of circle dance accompanied by singing
in manuscripts dating
to as early
as 1300.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this
is the first recorded instance
of the word.
According to Anderson
, Oxford definitely visited Venice
, Padua
, Milan
, Genoa
, Palermo
, Florence
, Siena and Naples
, and probably passed through Messina
, Mantua and Verona
, all cities used
as settings by Shakespeare.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the definition
of the word privy
in Privy Council
is an obsolete one meaning
" of or pertaining exclusively
to a particular person or persons
, one's own ;" hence
the council
is personal
to the sovereign.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, psychotherapy
first meant
" hypnotherapy
" instead
of " psychotherapy
".
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first figurative use
of the term appeared
in the 1902 edition
of the Encyclopædia Britannica relating
to an entry
on the chemical analysis
of glucose.
According to Oxford County Sheriff deputy Matt Baker
, King
was hit from behind and some witnesses said
the driver
was not speeding
, reckless
, or drinking.
According to the 2009 Syria Report
of the Oxford Business Group
, the oil sector accounted for 23 %
of government revenues
, 20 %
of exports
, and 22 %
of GDP
in 2008.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a state
is " a an organized political community under one government ; a commonwealth ; a nation.
According to the Oxford English Corpus
, a database
of 21st Century texts that contains everything from academic journal articles
to unedited writing and blog entries
, contemporary writers opt for
the nonstandard ' chords ' instead
of ' cords ' 49 %
of the time.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary the etymology
is " uncertain and disputed ":
" The
word is perhaps related
to the Sardinian place names Nurra
, Nurri
, Nurru
, and
to Sardinian nurra heap
of stones
, cavity
in earth
( although these senses are difficult
to reconcile ).
According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( second edition 1989 ), valerian
is derived from a Latin adjectival form
of the personal name Valerius.
According and English
According to The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language
, Asgard
is derived from Old Norse āss
, god + garðr
, enclosure ; from Indo-European roots ansu-spirit
, demon
( see cognate ahura
) + gher-grasp
, enclose
( see cognates garden and yard ).< ref >; See also ansu-and gher -< sup > 1 </ sup >
in " Appendix I: Indo-European Roots
" in the same
work .</ ref >
According to one anecdote
( from Al Capp Remembered
, 1994 ), Capp and his brother Elliot ducked out
of a dull party at Capp's home — leaving Walt Kelly alone
to fend for himself entertaining a group
of Argentine envoys who didn't speak
English.
According to IUPAC
, chemical elements are not proper nouns
in English ; consequently
, the full name
of an element
is not routinely capitalized
in English, even if derived from a proper noun
, as in californium and einsteinium.
According to biographer Carol Easton
, Beatrice grew up
in a middle-class
English household.
According to Emile Benveniste
( 1954 ),
the earliest written occurrence
in English of civilisation
in its modern sense may be found
in Adam Ferguson's An Essay
on the History
of Civil Society
( Edinburgh
, 1767 – p. 2 ):
" Not only
the individual advances from infancy
to manhood
, but
the species itself from rudeness
to civilisation.
According to Bede's Ecclesiastical History
of the English People
, the term
is interchangeable with
the Gewisse
, meaning
the descendants
of Gewis.
According to Edward Barlow
, a captain employed by
the English East India Company
, Kidd attacked a Mughal convoy here under escort by Barlow's East Indiaman
, and
was repelled.
According to Partridge
( 1972: 12 ),
it dates from around 1840 and arose
in the East End
of London
, however John Camden Hotten
in his 1859
Dictionary of Modern Slang
, Cant and Vulgar Words states that
( English ) rhyming slang originated
" about twelve or fifteen years ago
" ( i. e.
in the 1840s
) with ' chaunters ' and ' patterers '
in the Seven Dials area
of London.
According to the 19th-century book
, English Botany
, Or
, Coloured Figures
of British Plants:
According to some researchers
, despite
the significant differences between
the writing systems
, Italian
, German and
English populations suffer similarly from dyslexia.
According to William Lutz: “ Only by teaching respect and love for
the language can teachers
of English instill
in students
the sense
of outrage they should experience when they encounter doublespeak.
According to the World
English Bible translation
, Titus 1: 12-13 reads
( in part
) " One
of them
, a prophet
of their own
, said
, ' Cretans are always liars
, evil beasts
, and idle gluttons.
According to the Merriam-Webster
Dictionary, the term has two distinct definitions
in modern
English.
According to some
, due
to a misunderstanding arising from differences
in pronunciation between French and
English, the commonly used brass embouchure
in Europe
was interpreted incorrectly.
According to Ministry
of Education guidelines
, and
the opinions
of educators
, the use
of Japanese furigana should be avoided
in English teaching due
to the differences
in pronunciation between
English and Japanese.
According and Dictionary
According to The Canadian
Dictionary of ASL there are five broad regions
of ASL variation
in Canada
, the Pacific
, Prairie
, Ontario
, Quebec
, and Atlantic regions.
According to the Dictionary of American Hymnology
, " Amazing Grace
" is John Newton's spiritual autobiography
in verse.
According to the editors
of the 1897 Easton's Bible
Dictionary, some scholars believe
the name
" Malachi
" is not a proper noun but rather an abbreviation
of " messenger
of YHWH
".
" According to Easton's Bible
Dictionary, " Paul's authorship
was undisputed
in antiquity and
was probably written about
the same time
as the First Epistle
to Timothy
, with which
it has many affinities.
According to a writer cited by
the author
of the Easton's Bible
Dictionary, this epistle
According to the American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language
, the Indo-European root
is * ser meaning
" to protect
".
According to the authoritative
Dictionary of Islam jihad
is defined
as:
" A religious war with those who are unbelievers
in the mission
of Muhammad ... enjoined especially for
the purpose
of advancing Islam and repelling evil from Muslims.
According to Merriam-Webster and
the Online Etymology
Dictionary, the word " molecule
" derives from
the Latin
" moles
" or small unit
of mass.
According to the 1897 Easton's Bible
Dictionary, it is possible that Malachi
is not a proper name
, but simply means
" messenger
of YHWH
".
According to Karel Werner's Popular
Dictionary of Hinduism
, " ost Hindu places
of pilgrimage are associated with legendary events from
the lives
of various gods ....
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