The Carib tribe in the Lesser Antilles, from whom the word cannibalism derives, acquired a long-standing reputation as cannibals following the recording of their legends in the 17th century.

Following up on a suggestion by Richard Coates, Andrew Breeze proposes that the name ultimately derives from Latin Medicata ( Insula ) " Healing ( Island )", owing perhaps to the island's reputation for medicinal herbs.

What has happened to Scott's reputation, Crane argues, derives from the way the world has changed since the heroic myth was formed: " It is not that we see him differently from the way they contemporaries did, but that we see him the same, and instinctively do not like it.

" Mill's low reputation as a philosopher of logic, and the low estate of empiricism in the century and a half following him, derives from this failed attempt to link abstract thoughts to the physical world, when it is obvious that abstraction consists precisely of separating the thought from its physical foundations.

The principles of intellectual property being sacrosanct in the Victorian phyle, whose wealth derives from it, the violation of intellectual property law gets Hackworth severely condemned and forced into military service to earn back his reputation.

Irvine's reputation derives from his skills as a lawyer rather than as a politician, and he regularly faced controversy as Lord Chancellor.

Antonius ' modern reputation for eloquence derives from the authority of Cicero, since none of his speeches survive.

Their success derives from two aspects: First, the UDRP deals only with blatant disputes, which are abusive registrations made in bad faith in order to take advantage of the reputation of existing trademarks.

Professor M. Kato argues that the castle derives its name from the Latin Belvirum terrore, am allusion to the 12th century Croydon-based Baron de Belvir-Kato argues that his fearful reputation for the torture of captives played a major role in the construction of an identity for the Knights Hospitallier.

While this reputation led to its inclusion in the Wisconsin Publishers ’ Showcase at the 2005 Wisconsin Book Festival, the magazine ’ s principal value derives from its consistent ability to attract work from talented regional and national writers.

His reputation derives mainly from his work on magnetism.

We therefore leave the writer to the enjoyment of the unenvied reputation which the personal abuse he has heaped on us will entitle him to from the low and vulgar herd to which he belongs ''.

The bulk of his early reputation, however, came not from his poetry or his music, but from his excellence as an orator.

A person with a good reputation for reciprocity have a higher chance of receiving help even from persons they have had no direct interactions with previously.

The success of his children's books was to become a source of considerable annoyance to Milne, whose self-avowed aim was to write whatever he pleased and who had, until then, found a ready audience for each change of direction: he had freed pre-war Punch from its ponderous facetiousness ; he had made a considerable reputation as a playwright ( like his idol J. M. Barrie ) on both sides of the Atlantic ; he had produced a witty piece of detective writing in The Red House Mystery ( although this was severely criticised by Raymond Chandler for the implausibility of its plot ).

Bruce gained his early reputation from the production of large-scale commercial anchors for ships and fixed installations such as oil rigs.

He declined offers from German bishops and finally retired to the monastery of Cluny, where he died at a high age, leaving behind a solid reputation for piety and intelligence.

Ambergris that forms a mass too large to be passed through the intestines is expelled via the mouth, leading to the reputation of ambergris as primarily coming from whale vomit.

In his twenty-eighth year he felt the impulse to study philosophy and was recommended to the teachers in Alexandria who then had the highest reputation ; but he came away from their lectures so depressed and full of sadness that he told his trouble to one of his friends.

He was already well-known from his earlier work, and had developed a reputation as a brilliant researcher, but his laboratory was often untidy.

It was in the military prison in Bonne-Nouvelle, a district of Rouen, from February to May, that he did the work that made his reputation.

His merits and reputation being now generally recognized, his thoughts began to turn from the shores of the Adriatic to the banks of the Tiber, for which he set out at the commencement of his twenty-fourth year.

These and other works raised his reputation so high that the most flattering offers were sent to him from the Russian court to induce him to remove to St Petersburg, but these were declined, although many of his finest works made their way to the Hermitage Museum.

When the others go in to dinner Nora stays behind for a few minutes and contemplates suicide to save her husband from the shame of the revelation of her crime and ( more importantly ) to pre-empt any gallant gesture on his part to save her reputation.

He dismisses Nora's agonized choice made against her conscience for the sake of his health and her years of secret efforts to free them from the ensuing obligations and danger of loss of reputation, while preserving his peace of mind, as a mere mistake that she made owing to her foolishness, one of her most endearing feminine traits.

She reveals that she had expected that he would want to sacrifice his reputation for hers, and that she had planned to kill herself to prevent him from doing so.

Black Forest ham originated from this region, and so, by name and reputation at least, did the Black Forest Cake.

His reputation so increased the fame of the University of Leiden, especially as a school of medicine, that it became popular with visitors from every part of Europe.

The Historia Ecclesiastica has given Bede a high reputation, but his concerns were different from those of a modern writer of history.

They increased the town's, and hence the bishop's, reputation, influence, and income from the taxes and duties on goods in Basel's expanding market.

According to the CIA World Factbook, during the early 1990s, Chile's " reputation as a role model for economic reform " was strengthened when the democratic government of Patricio Aylwin, who took over from the military in 1990, deepened the economic reform initiated by the military government.

The Beastmaster is an example of the strange vectors which can lead to cult filmdom, as its reputation stems as much from ubiquitous cable-TV overplay as anything in the film itself.

Aside from the services he provided guiding the only centre of literacy in the region, his reputation as a holy man led to his role as a diplomat among the tribes ; there are also many stories of miracles which he performed during his work to convert the Picts.

Excavated sites include Saliagos and Kephala ( on Keos ) with signs of copper-working, Each of the small Cycladic islands could support no more than a few thousand people, though Late Cycladic boat models show that fifty oarsmen could be assembled from the scattered communities ( Rutter ), and when the highly organized palace-culture of Crete arose, the islands faded into insignificance, with the exception of Delos, which retained its archaic reputation as a sanctuary throughout antiquity and until the emergence of Christianity.

Scorpion venom has a fearsome reputation, and about 25 species are known to have venom capable of killing a human being.

The supermarket also suggested some shoppers may be too embarrassed to ask for the species under its proper title, due to its reputation as an inferior fish, and its similarity to a popular English swear word ( bollocks ).

The harshness of his criticism and the strength of his reputation continued to discourage naturalists from speculating about the gradual transmutation of species, right up until Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species more than two decades after Cuvier's death.

In the first section of the Histoire naturelle, Daubenton gave descriptions and details of the dissection of 182 species of quadrupeds, thus securing himself a high reputation as a comparative anatomist.

This species of spider has a reputation for aggressiveness, due to its poor eyesight.

Falconers have utilised the Eurasian Sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century ; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage.

However, an example that mars their reputation and simultaneously jades many Andalites to their own culture as well as that of outside species, is Seerow's Kindness, named after Prince Seerow, one of the first Andalites to be stationed on the homeworld of a newly discovered species, the Yeerks.

Granny Weatherwax's reputation even extends beyond species barriers – the trolls of the Ramtops call her Aaoograha hoa (" She Who Must Be Avoided ") and the dwarf name for her, K ' ez ' rek d ' b ' duz, translates to " Go Around the Other Side of the Mountain " ( Maskerade ).

The species has a largely negative reputation in both Western culture and African folklore.

The IUCN's hyena specialist group identifies the spotted hyena's negative reputation as detrimental to the species ' continued survival, both in captivity and the wild.

Note that these inquisitive fish are active and unafraid, and many species have a reputation as " fin-nippers ".

This species ' reputation as a public nuisance is due not to any bite or sting ( it is incapable of either ), but to its slightly acidic body chemistry.

Although this species has a reputation for docility, they are very powerful animals, capable of inflicting severe bites or even killing a keeper by constriction.

Among many who have kept this species, the green tree python has a reputation for being a furious reptile which will bite when provoked, but this is mainly limited to imported animals.

Another of the bat species, the Vampire Bat, does not deserve its notorious reputation, as it feeds almost exclusively on non-human blood.

Living up to his species ' reputation, he is brutal and tyrannical, and has a violent temper.

The species faces human persecution because of its negative reputation throughout Africa.