Winged or Wingèd? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
May 14, 2015 · 7 Okay.. here is the problem: In a certain story I am writing, I have a place called the "Winged Lion Inn" which serves as a locus for several story-related events. I have a friend that insists …
Past tense of "to wing"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
But winged is under pressure from many other words (clung, flung, rung, stung, etc.), so I expect wung has occured repeatedly in the past - facetiously and or through genuine ignorance.
What does Homer mean when he says, "her words had wings"?
Winged words played an important role in the elaboration of some theories about oral traditions. Some translators have translated the phrase literally, others have reflected a perceived emotion, yet others …
single word requests - What to call a winged unicorn? - English ...
Apr 16, 2017 · What is a word for a winged unicorn or horned pegasus? I've heard a few ways of describing such a fantastical beast, but I don't know which is correct. They are known as both …
Accent Marks in English - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
May 2, 2014 · Accent marks, or more properly, diacritics are not totally absent in English. They are just devilishly uncommon. And the few diacritics I am aware of typically appear in foreign borrowings, …
Rhyming conventions of Early Modern English
Yes. Words like FLOOD could still have a rounded vowel in some varieties of London English in the mid-to-late 17th century. There were varieties where the vowel in FLOOD shortened early in the 16th …
Are the origins of the idioms "on the fly" and "just wing it" related?
I was recently trying to think of another way to say "on the fly", in the context of a performance, speech, or action. I thought of the idiom "winging it". I then wondered if the origins of these two
Why is "chartered" pronounced as "charter-ed" and not "charte-red"?
Oct 16, 2025 · I am confused about the pronunciation of the word "chartered" / ˈtʃɑːtəd /. In my understanding, the word is built as: charter + ed or charte + red Why in the word …
Does anyone use both "whinge" and "whine?"
Dec 7, 2015 · The words "whinge" and "whine" have separate (albeit very similar) definitions in the OED, and they have distinct pronunciations. "Whinge" seems completely restricted to BritE; I have never …
etymology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Similar to talented are gifted, or winged as in a bird is a winged creature. Nouns can be turned into adjectives by adding "-ed", but it seems they need a modifier, for example: