Etymology

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TMAC Guide to Collateral Adjectives

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TMAC Guide to Collateral Adjectives If you’ve followed this project long enough, you’ve probably noticed a lot of repetitions. For example, only so many words approximate the meaning of “phenomenon.” And most of them aren’t quite right. “Anomaly,” for example, implies the rarity of “phenomenon” but also connotes something incorrect, in a way. A phenomenon can […]

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Beyond the Pale

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Beyond the Pale Both Dove-like roved forth beyond the pale to planted Myrtle-walk — John Harrington, The History of Polindor and Flostella I look upon you, sir, as a man who has placed himself beyond the pale of society, by his most audacious, disgraceful, and abominable public conduct. — Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers We

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