The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition¶
Simpson, J. A., & Weiner, E. S. C. (1989). The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition. Oxford University Press.
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- Etymological fallacy
- "Decimate" originates in the Roman practice of executing one soldier in ten, but current English convention uses it to mean severe widespread destruction; "silly" formerly meant blessed; "nice" formerly meant foolish or precise.
This sourceThe OED recording decimate as derived from Latin decimare, 'to take the tenth', and as carrying a transferred sense 'to kill, destroy'. The OED derives decimate from Latin decimare, to take the tenth, and records the military sense: the selection by lot of every tenth man to be put to death as a punishment.
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“4. transf. a. To kill, destroy”
- "Decimate" originates in the Roman practice of executing one soldier in ten, but current English convention uses it to mean severe widespread destruction; "silly" formerly meant blessed; "nice" formerly meant foolish or precise.
- Milk Run
- The name derives from early-twentieth-century dairy collection, where a single truck gathered milk from many small farms each morning rather than each farm dispatching separately to the creamery
This sourceThe dictionary entry recording milk-run as a dairy-trade term for a milk-round or milk-route, the route along which milk is collected from farmers or delivered to customers.
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“collected from farmers or delivered to customers; milk-run = milk-round”
- The name derives from early-twentieth-century dairy collection, where a single truck gathered milk from many small farms each morning rather than each farm dispatching separately to the creamery
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