SILLY

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SILLY , weakly foolish, stupid. This is the current sense of a word which has much changed its meaning. The O.E. sxlig (usually gescelig) meant prosperous, happy, and was formed from srel,

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

season

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio,
sowing
- SOWING (from "to sow," O. Eng. shwan, cf. Du. zaaijen, Ger. saen, &c.; the
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is seen in Lat. severe, cf. "seed")
time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

, hence happiness, cf. Icel. stela,

bliss

BLISS,
CORNELIUS
NEWTON
(1833– )

; Ger. selig, blessed, happy, &c., probably also allied to Lat. salvus, whole, safe. The development of meaning is happy, blessed, innocent or simple, thence helpless, weak, and so foolish. The old provincial and Scottish word for a caul (q.v.) was " silly-how," i.e. " lucky cap." The development of meaning of " simple," literally " onefold " (Lat. simplex),

plain

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

, artless, hence unlearned, foolish, is somewhat parallel. A

special

SPECIAL

meaning of " simple," in the sense of medicinal herbs, is due to the supposition that each

herb

HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

had its own particular or simple medicinal value.

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