Allegedly yoursBy putting 'hypothetical' in italics, is the TOI indicating that the word is foreign to TOI's strategy of not using difficult words, and as such is being put into italics so as to warn readers to keep their dictionaries close by ('allege: v. claim that someone
There are a lot of instances where I ponder custom dictionaries for certain books might be helpful — such as those using foreign or applied words not within the scope of the New Oxford American Dictionary. Exceptionally, I can see where scientific,
Bill Would RestrictBeverly Marrero said she's uneasy the proposal may actually turn away foreign business. "If we have new diligence coming into the state, it would appear to me that we wouldn't appetite to put up artificial barriers to make Tennessee seem unfriendly,"
Jakarta PostA tremendous bounteousness of informationIt is not a full etymological dictionary, but rather a dictionary of foreign (that is, non-Nusantara) allowance-words in Indonesian and Malay. Seven lists, encompassing ten sundry donor languages, were compiled under the aegis of the Indonesian
On Spoons, Forks, and KnivesFurca, ignoring its obscurity, may have been native in Latin, for such a primitive agricultural piece of equipment would have been unlikely to go by a foreign name. The other Germanic words for “pitchfork” (such as German Gabel, interconnected to Engl. gable) and their
Thai 'tough' insult a matter of definition, say Bangkok officialsPRIME Dean Hun Sen lashed out at Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya for allegedly branding him a "gentleman with the look after of a gangster", as Thai diplomats scramble for their dictionaries, claiming the colloquialism was a routine compliment that was lost