On February 1, 1884, the first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. The OED is still, to this day, considered the standard for the English language and includes exceptionally detailed entries about nearly every word in English. Alas, today’s Word of the Week, prevarication, would not be found in the OED for some [...]
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The World of Downton Abbey
“The sun is rising behind Downton Abbey, a great and splendid house in a great and splendid park. So secure does it appear that it seems as if the way of life it represents will last for another thousand years. It’s won’t.” Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the “most critically acclaimed [...]
Word of the Week (56)
479 years ago, on January 25, 1533, King Henry VIII of England secretly married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was already carrying the future Queen Elizabeth I. Henry and Anne’s relationship was a rocky one – particularly since he was king of the country and already married to someone else. But one should never [...]
