Wordorigins.org: Letter G
. to the initial characters of the two words, gung ho . It is derogatory in origin, a clipping of Gypsy. . Return To The Wordorigins Home Page Search The Wordorigins .
Articles: Balderdash and flummery
. Gaelic rather than Welsh, but the word bardd has . a primitive violin, now obsolete, whose origin is the . war, from pen, “head”, and “dragon”, the dragon .
AskOxford: What is the origin of the word 'grockle'?
. (The grockle was a magical dragon-like creature.) A local man, who had had a . Other questions in this section: I'm sure I know the origin of the word. .
Dragon Mythology - Classic Literature
. The word use to strike fear in nearly every man's body as he imagined himself confronted with a two-ton dragon, inhaling as much air as possible, getting ready .
Dragons (Morgana's Observatory)
. Yet the origin of the idea of the dragon in the West is quite simple and straightforward. The word dragon itself can be traced to a Greek word meaning "sharp .
Celtic Dragon History
. chief, such as Pendragon, the Celtic word meaning 'chief . The Tudor Red Dragon indicates Welsh origins. Dragon Tygre and Dragon-Wolf are composite creatures and .
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