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Subscribe to the blog by email Enter your email address to subscribe to the blog by email. Email Address. Are there rules that govern its use? And how is it alphabetized? For example, in an index to a work likely to have readers unfamiliar with Arabic names, a cross-reference may be useful e. Word processors have dictionaries, but not common sense—at least not yet!
The Latin verb combines inter between and mittere to send, let go, put. The earliest OED citation is from a land charter in Latin and Old English, dated around , for the sale of property by Ethelmod, an ealdorman or alderman, to a man named Plegred:. Kelly and Nicholas P. I cannot recall ever hearing or seeing it before. Being a librarian, I searched and found it first in print in by Leigh Hunt. No joy there. Deadpool : We go into that compound, find Agent MacGuffin, snag the list, then unalive Taskmaster and his acolytes, capeesh?
Deadpool : Yeah, yeah. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. This is a late parrot. Bereft of life, it rests in peace.
This is an ex-parrot. Pride goeth …. The longer form is recognized now by more standard dictionaries, but neither is very common. Some standard American dictionaries suggest the odor is usually unpleasant.
