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Acquiring writing skillz???

Freeman
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I like the way that I reference the specific publications, and you reference "page 128".

What is the ISDN number?

Or, indeed, the etymology - seeing as I actually know this one.

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.

No, but you can judge it by its content.

 

So what does it say the etymology is?

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").

I don't call giving the etymology when someone asks for the etymology "close".

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