Sayonara Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 I like the way that I reference the specific publications, and you reference "page 128".
atinymonkey Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 My etymology book doesn't. I looked it up. It is on page 128 What is the ISDN number?
Sayonara Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 What is the ISDN number? Or, indeed, the etymology - seeing as I actually know this one.
ydoaPs Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 It is called "Word Clues." The first few pages are ripped off, so I don't know the number.
Sayonara Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 It is called "Word Clues." The first few pages are ripped off, so I don't know the number. The ISBN should be printed on the back cover as well as in the front of the book. As the name of a book on English etymology, "Word Clues" doesn't really inspire confidence in someone like me.
ydoaPs Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 The last few pages are ripped off too. "You can't judge a book by it's cover" or title.
Sayonara Posted July 9, 2004 Posted July 9, 2004 No, but you can judge it by its content. So what does it say the etymology is?
ydoaPs Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 The literal meaning is "one who uses words a foot and a half long."
Sayonara Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 That's not the etymology, that's the literal meaning. sesquipedalis, "of a foot and a half" - coined by Horace in Ars Poetica. From sesqui (semi+[as]+que - "one and a half") + pedalis ("of the foot").
ydoaPs Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 Oh, you wanted me to devide the word up. That is close enough.
Sayonara Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 I don't call giving the etymology when someone asks for the etymology "close".
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