Sujet : Re: Archaic words
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 11. Aug 2024, 23:49:16
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On 2024-08-11, Michael F. Stemper <
michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm reading Fletcher Pratt's _The Well of the Unicorn_, and have
stumbled over "deserion", "deese", and "tercia". From context, I
think that all of them are military terms. Maybe
Merriam-Webster's Unabriged has this entry:
tercio or tercia : a Spanish or Italian infantry regiment of the
16th and 17th century
(literally "third")
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
Archaic words
Re: Archaic words