Glossographia anglicana nova a dictionary interpreting. He died on 26 december 1679, at orleton, herefordshire, at the age of sixtyone. Glossographia, or, a dictionary interpreting all such hard words of. This blounts glossographia takes that pursuit to other levels, from protoindoeuropean roots to your. Detail of a page from blounts glossographia anglicana nova. The glossographia was one of many dictionaries written in the mid 17th century.
Jacob, son of the thomas blount to whom the lords proprietors had granted 266 acres of land in carolina, became the father of a group of. Three and a half centuries ago, thomas blount produced blounts glossographia, the first dictionary to explore derivations of english words. Gabriel harvey, public lecturer in rhetoric at cambridge from 1574 to 1576, says in his ciceronianus and rhetor london, 1577 that dialectic is the basis for all critical analysis and for composing what we call literature. This game was heretofore used in the long alley near st jamess, and. Prompted by the belief that phillips had plagiarised his. The first dictionary definition of didder, from thomas blount, glossographia anglicana nova, note 1 london, 1707 one of the earliest applications of dither came in world war ii. Repertitious, that is found by adventure, and sometimes by advise. Perhaps the earliest attestation of this usage is provided by the second or 1661 edition of thomas blounts glossographia, a dictionary of hard words, generally of foreign origin, that had become common in our refined english tongue. A dictionary is essential for finding word meanings, and it has other helpful uses as well. This volume is produced from digital images created through the university of michigan university librarys largescale digitization efforts. He wrote a number of books on a range of subjects from english law to famous battles.
Go to download page close 1 in his poem whispers of immortality t. Glossographia anglicana nova a dictionary interpreting such hard words of whatever 1707 hardcover thomas blount on. English multiple choice questions and answers set 52. Dictionaries were growing in popularity during this period, and dictionary makers were experimenting with different techniques. Jardine, humanism and dialectic in sixteenthcentury cambridge, a preliminary investigation, in classical influences on renaissance culture, ed. Title page of thomas blounts glossographia, 1661 edition. He died on december 26, 1679 at orleton, herefordshire at the age of sixtyone.
The library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. Also the terms of divinity, law, musick, physick, mathematicks, war, heraldry, and other arts and sciences explicated. Eliot says that a dramatist was much possessed by death and saw the skull beneath the skin and a poet knew the anguish of the marrow the ague of the skeleton. Boscobel, or the history of his sacred majesties most miraculous preservation after the battle of worcester, 3 sept. Glossographia anglicana nova a dictionary interpreting such hard words of whatever 1707 hardcover. Thomas blount 1926 mississippi thomas blount in 1940 united states federal census thomas blount was born circa 1926, at birth place, mississippi, to hardy blount and bessie blount. Pdf law and early modern english lexicons researchgate. Alphabet juice isbn 9780374532048 pdf epub roy blount jr.
With the answer to this fundamental question at its heart, the rule of moderation comprehensively rewrites the history of early modern england, showing that many of its key developmentsthe via media of anglicanism, the rise of the middle sort, the. Pale maille, a game wherein a round bowle is with a mallet struck through a high arch of iron standing at either end of an alley, which he that can do at the fewest blows, or at the number agreed on, wins. This translation can already be found one hundred years earlier. In this lesson, we will explore the history of the dictionary and find out how to use one effectively.
Reading blount, major in the continental army during the american revolution and an original member of the society of the cincinnati, was the third son of jacob blount and his wife, barbara gray. William gilberts first appearance in bristol took place six years before coleridge was to burst in, tanned, shaggyhaired and travelstained, after a walking tour of wales, to meet up with robert southey and inaugurate bristols romantic era. We may not want to admit it, but as the awardwinning columnist and psychologist jesse bering reveals in perv, there is a spectrum of perversion along which we all sit. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Thomas blount 16181679 was an english antiquarian and lexicographer. Why was it that whenever the tudorstuart regime most loudly trumpeted its moderation, the regime was at its most vicious. He married in 87 the widow of the former treasurer of the exchequer, sir hugh segrave. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. In the islands of corsica and sardinia there is a beast called musole not found elsewhere in europe, horned like a ram and skinned like a stag, his skin carried to cordova and there dressed makes our true cordovan leather. Thomas blount was born on 10031943 and is 76 years old. Much later, in 1656, thomas blount included terms from rastells work in both. Glossographia, or, a dictionary interpreting the hard words of whatsoever language now in.
Or, a dictionary, interpreting such hard words of whatever. Glossographia, or, a dictionary interpreting the hard words of. Also the terms of divinity, law, physick, mathematicks, history, agriculture, logick, metaphysicks, grammar. Or, a dictionary, interpreting all such hard words of. Whether its voyeurism, exhibitionism, or your runofthemill foot fetish, we all possess a. Or a catalogue of a select parcel of books bibliotheca dickensoniana or, a catalogue of the library bibliotheca gordoniana or, a catalogue of valuable and scarce books, bibliotheca selectissima. Music, myth and story in medieval and early modern europe.
Much fuller than its predecessors was thomas blounts work of 1656, glossographia. A second marriage gained him land in wiltshire and hampshire and allowed him to represent wiltshire in parliament in 97 with sir henry greene. He made an important forward step in lexicographical method by collecting words from his own reading that had given him trouble, and he often cited the source. Thomas blount married anne church of maldon, essex 16171697 in 1661 and they had one daughter, elizabeth 16621724. Or, a dictionary, interpreting such hard words of whatever language, as are at present used in the english tongue, wit paperback or softback by blount, thomas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Genealogy profile for thomas blount thomas blount c. English word euphemism is found for the first time in a book written in 1656 by thomas blount. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Glossographia, or, a dictionary interpreting all such hard words of whatsoever language now used in our refined english tongue.
The first dictionary to be at all comprehensive was thomas blounts dictionary glossographia. Download scientific diagram title page of thomas blounts glossographia, 1661 edition. Blount defined words derived from hebrew, greek, latin, saxon, turkish, french and spanish. Thomas blount in his glossographia or a dictionarie interpreting plard words, 1670. Thomas blount, glossographia 1656 titlepage glossographia. Though he is less wellknown as an early dictionarywriter today than later authors such as johnson and webster, he was a pioneer and a true scholar. Airplane bombers used mechanical computers to perform navigation and bomb trajectory calculations. Blount first published his glossographia, or a dictionary interpreting all such hard words.
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