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When I think of penance, contrition and such words.
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When I think of penance, contrition and such words.
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What are rough objects? A rough piece of wood or rough terrain.
Whereas smooth things are perceived as more precise, rough things are considered less carefully created or maintained. If someone is talking about an object that is not specific to his preferences, he might call it rough around the edges?
The original meaning of rough as borrowed from the West Germanic word rukhwaz, were similar to shaggy, uncultivated, i.e. flat, rough. Is Narrow, not Smooth?
With these connotations of rough, it is easy to see the progression to a different meaning: Not exact, as in they’re roughly the same weight as each other.
Interestingly, the use of rough that you use, he pushed me roughly is yet another semantic descendant from the original meaning of rough. According to EtymOnline, rough having a meaning similar to rowdy was first attested in 1837 Why has an object felt rough for days? What exactly is this meaning of the word?
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When I think of penance, contrition and such words.
- 826937 views
- 25 answers
- 306782 votes
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What are rough objects? A rough piece of wood or rough terrain.
Whereas smooth things are perceived as more precise, rough things are considered less carefully created or maintained. If someone is talking about an object that is not specific to his preferences, he might call it rough around the edges?
The original meaning of rough as borrowed from the West Germanic word rukhwaz, were similar to shaggy, uncultivated, i.e. flat, rough. Is Narrow, not Smooth?
With these connotations of rough, it is easy to see the progression to a different meaning: Not exact, as in they’re roughly the same weight as each other.
Interestingly, the use of rough that you use, he pushed me roughly is yet another semantic descendant from the original meaning of rough. According to EtymOnline, rough having a meaning similar to rowdy was first attested in 1837 Why has an object felt rough for days? What exactly is this meaning of the word?
- 815056 views
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- 302207 votes
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When I think of penance, contrition and such words.
- 826937 views
- 25 answers
- 306782 votes
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When I think of penance, contrition and such words.
- 826937 views
- 25 answers
- 306782 votes
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When I think of penance, contrition and such words.
- 826937 views
- 25 answers
- 306782 votes
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When I think of penance, contrition and such words.
- 826937 views
- 25 answers
- 306782 votes
