Ellen G. White Writings

97521 Etymology dictionary, p. dog days (n.).2

… August 11, but variously calculated, depending on latitude and on whether the greater Dog-star (Sirius) or the lesser one (Procyon) is reckoned.

97522 Etymology dictionary, p. Gideon.2

… vi:11-viii:25], from Hebrew Gidh'on, literally "feller," from stem of gadha "he cut off, hewed, felled." In reference to the Bible propagation society, 1906, formally …

97523 Etymology dictionary, p. glasnost (n.).2

… March 11, 1985, accepting the post of general secretary of the CPSU.

97524 Etymology dictionary, p. gremlin (n.).2

… April 11, 1943). Of unknown origin. OED says "probably formed by analogy with GOBLIN." Speculations in Barnhart are a possible dialectal survival of Old English …

97525 Etymology dictionary, p. ground zero (n.).2

1946, originally with reference to atomic blasts. In reference to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on New York, it was in use by Sept. 13.

97526 Etymology dictionary, p. hill (n.).4

Cobbett's also had, on April 11, 1818:

97527 Etymology dictionary, p. Hydrus.2

… the 11 added to Ptolemy's list in the 1610s by Flemish cartographer Petrus Plancius (1552-1622) after Europeans began to explore the Southern Hemisphere …

97528 Etymology dictionary, p. Indian summer (n.).3

… Nov. 11), etc. Also colloquial was St. Luke's summer (or little summer ), period of warm weather occurring about St. Luke's day (Oct. 18). An older and simpler name for …

97529 Etymology dictionary, p. Indus.2

… the 11 added to Ptolemy's list in the 1610s by Flemish cartographer Petrus Plancius (1552-1622) after Europeans began to explore the Southern Hemisphere …

97530 Etymology dictionary, p. irregardless (adj.).2

… ., April 11, 1874: "We supported the six successful candidates for Council in the face of a strong opposition. We were led to do so because we believed every man …

97531 Etymology dictionary, p. jimson-weed (n.).2

… for 11 days.

97532 Etymology dictionary, p. Kyoto.2

city in Japan, from kyo + to, both meaning "capital." Founded 794 as Heionkyo "Capital of Calm and Peace," it also has been known as Miyako and Saikyo. Kyoto Protocol so called because it was initially adopted Dec. 11, 1997, in the Japanese city.

97533 Etymology dictionary, p. lucre (n.).3

Often specifically in a restricted sense of "base or unworthy gain, money or wealth as the object of greed," hence "greed." Filthy lucre (Titus i.11) is Tyndale's rendering of Greek aiskhron kerdos .

97534 Etymology dictionary, p. martin (n.).2

… Nov. 11, about the time the birds are said to depart for winter. But OED says the naming "may have been purely arbitrary," and Century Dictionary says "the name has …

97535 Etymology dictionary, p. Martinmas.2

early 12c., sancte Martines mæsse, the church festival formerly held on Nov. 11 in honor of the patron saint of France, St. Martin, late 4c. bishop of Tours noted for destroying the remaining heathen altars. Also see mass (n.2).

97536 Etymology dictionary, p. Oberon.2

… Jan. 11, 1787, the same day he discovered the larger Uranian moon, Titania .

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