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- Which is more proper rarest or most rare?
The chart suggests that rarest (red line) and rarer (yellow line) have been more popular (not popularer) forms than most rare (blue line) and more rare (green line) for at least 150 years Nevertheless, given their consistent occurrence in published works over so many years, I wouldn't argue that any of the four forms is wrong
- history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J . . .
I understand that the letter "J" is relatively new — perhaps 400–500 years old But since there has long been important names that begin with J, such as Jesus, Joshua, Justinian, etc , and which p
- Etymology for petrichor - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1964 Bear Thomas in Nature 7 Mar 993 2 ― The diverse nature of the host materials has led us to propose the name ‘petrichor’ for this apparently unique odour which can be regarded as an ‘ichor’ or ‘tenuous essence’ derived from rock or stone
- Synonym for slice and dice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I have never before seen slice and dice used figuratively like that to be honest Generally, I would recommend more literal options, but if you want to use a figure of speech that preserve the cutting metaphor slice 'n dice communicates, then I would suggest using the word Dissect
- Is there a word spelled with a silent B at the start?
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- alphabet - What word contains the most unique letters? - English . . .
I'm assuming there isn't a word that contains every letter in the alphabet, so which word contains the most? Examples: antidisestablishmentarianism - 12 [antidseblhmr] psychotherapy - 10 [psychotera]
- endure vs perdure vs persist - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The odd one out, and by far the rarest of the three, perdure has more “throughness” to it, implying that something has not just endured, but in fact persisted through or despite something else It has more of a survival connotation than the others Selected OED citations:
- american english - Pronunciation of aunt in the US - English Language . . .
There are five different pronunciations of the word aunt in North America, yet the only one with a diphthong is the rarest of the 5 It’s the one that sounds just like ain’t , like when Andy Griffith (from North Carolina) on his eponymous TV show would refer to his Aunt Bea as if it were spelled “Ain’t Bee”
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