The Hidden Lexical Lives of the Fool, Trifle, and Gooseberry

Authors

  • William Sayers Cornell University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27908

Keywords:

culinary vocabulary, fool, trifle, gooseberry, etymology, Oxford English Dictionary

Abstract

Etymological enquiries into the history of the OED's treatment of the words fool, trifle and gooseberry in culinary contexts.

Author Biography

  • William Sayers, Cornell University

    William Sayers was a teacher and librarian at Cornell University. His gripping collection of etymological essays, Eatymologies, appeared in 2015.

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Published

2019-10-01

Issue

PPC 115 (2019)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Sayers, William. 2019. “The Hidden Lexical Lives of the Fool, Trifle, and Gooseberry”. Petits Propos Culinaires, October, 113-19. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27908.