Adamas, adamant, diamond. Asphodĕlos, asphodel, daffodil. Balsamon, balsam, balm. Blasphemein, blaspheme, blame. Cheirourgos, chirurgeon, surgeon. Dactŭlos (a finger), date (the fruit), dactyl. Phantasia, fancy, phantasy. Phantasma, phantasm, phantasy. Presbutĕros, priest, presbyter. Paralysis, palsy, paralysis. Scandalon, slander, scandal. NOTES.--_Adamant_ means _the unsubduable_; a _chirurgeon_ is literally a _worker with the hand_; _phantasia_ is the power of _presenting to the mind’s eye_ a bodily image that is not present; _presbuteros_ means simply _elder_. In the time of Shakspeare, _fancy_ meant _love_. ‘Tell me where is fancy bred!’ is the first line of a song in the _Merchant of Venice_. 42. =ENGLISH WORDS AND FRENCH WORDS IN SENTENCES.=--The difference between English steeped in French and Latin, and English written almost wholly in pure English words, can be at once seen in the two following passages, which are taken from the work of Mr C. Schele De Vere, an American writer. (_a_) ‘The Norman _altered_ and _increased_ our _language_; but he could not _extirpate_ it. To _defend_ his _conquest_, he took _possession_ of the _country_; and, _master_ of the _soil_, he _erected_ _fortresses_ and _castles_, and _attempted_ to _introduce_ new _terms_. The _universe_ and the _firmament_--the _planets_, _comets_, and _meteors_--the _atmosphere_ and the _seasons_, all were _impressed_ with the _seal_ of the _conqueror_. Hills became _mountains_, and dales _valleys_; streams were called _rivers_, and brooks _rivulets_; waterfalls, _cascades_; and woods, _forests_.’ All the words in italics in the above passage are either of Latin or of French origin; if of French, then they are Latin at second-hand. (_b_) ‘But the _dominion_ of the Norman did not _extend_ to the home of the Englishman, it stopped at the threshold of his house; there, around the fireside in his kitchen,[A] and the hearth in his room,[12] he met his beloved kindred; the bride, the wife, and the husband, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, tied to each other by love, friendship, and kind feelings, knew nothing dearer than their own sweet home.’ Only one word in the above is French (_dominion_), and two are Latin (_extend_ and _kitchen_). All the others are purely English.