As the years pass, language ... agree English has become less flowery. And some fantastic vocabulary just dropped out of everyday conversation. Author Mark Forsyth writes about the words we ...

One of the more impressive looking old words that has fallen ... little spin through the majesty of the English language, with another incredibly apt word… that’s probably never been more ...

Language is always ... to refer to the radio (itself an old piece of technology). According to the Oxford English Dictionary: 'The earliest known use of the word is in the 1820s.' ...

Nowhere in Old English ... it entered our language. Men say ‘the’ significantly more frequently than women. Now it’s used more than twice as much as any other English word We can’t escape ...

The dis-of disgruntle isn’t a negation—it’s just adding intensity to gruntle, a variant of grunt meaning “to grumble, murmur, ...

If your starter word doesn't feature E or A, rethink your Wordle strategy. Here's the entire alphabet ranked by use.

Well, we’ve got a list of nine old English words you can use instead. But you should probably use these words in a DM, since the person on the other end of the message will need to use Google to ...

For example the Old English language has changed greatly from what it was at 9th ... Some differences in pronunciation between the ancient and the present day Assyrian words may be due to ...

"We've identified lost words that are both interesting and thought-provoking, in the hope of helping people re-engage with language of old," he said. "Snout-fair", for example, means "having a ...

A much-needed tool for students, which contextualises Old English language and literature and introduces students to linguistic terminology in a friendly and informative way.' Bernard J. Muir, ...