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Geometry (g soft)

means land-measuring. The first geometrician was a ploughman pacing out his field. (Greek, ge, the earth; metron, a measure.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Genre Painter (genre 1 syl.)
Gens Braccata
Gens Togata
Gentle (g soft)
Gentle Shepherd (The)
Gentleman (g soft)
Gentlemen of Paper and Wax
Geoffrey Crayon
Geology (g soft)
Geomancy (g soft)
Geometry (g soft)
George II
George III
George IV
George, Mark, John (SS.)
George (St.) (g soft)
George a Green
George Eliot
George Geith
George Sand
George Street (Strand, London)