Does the word swarthy mean “hairy”? A man has a running dispute with his wife the English teacher, who insists it does. Is she right? This is part of a complete episode.
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Does the word swarthy mean “hairy”? A man has a running dispute with his wife the English teacher, who insists it does. Is she right? This is part of a complete episode.
Inkhorn terms are bloated, fancy, show-off words formed by cramming Latin and Greek roots into English. The name references little bottles made from animal horn that 14th-century English scribes used to carry their ink. Lexicographer Henry...