Regency Customs: The Cut
“For one person to look directly at another and not acknowledge the other’s bow is such a breach of civility that only an unforgivable misdemeanor Continue
“For one person to look directly at another and not acknowledge the other’s bow is such a breach of civility that only an unforgivable misdemeanor Continue
Oh fudge. Now, we know you as an alternative curse word or a delicious chocolatey treat. But back in the Regency era, a fudge would Continue
mawk·ish (môksh) adj. 1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. 2. Sickening or insipid in taste. Sense of “sickly sentimental” is first recorded 1702. [From Middle English mawke, Continue
I am a bit of an etymology buff. Words are like a comfort food for me–and semantics a deliciously warm bubble bath. So in this Continue