Bartleby — may refer to:* Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street , a short story by American author Herman Melville *Bartleby.com, an e text archive *Bartleby ( Dogma ), a character in the Kevin Smith movie Dogma *Bartleby, a baby rat creature from … Wikipedia
Bartleby, the Scrivener — Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a novella by American author Herman Melville (1819 1891). The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam s Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853, with the conclusion… … Wikipedia
Bartleby (2001 film) — Bartleby is a 2001 comedy/drama film adaptation of Herman Melville s short story Bartleby, the Scrivener . The film was directed by Jonathan Parker, and stars Crispin Glover as Bartleby, and David Paymer as his boss. The film diverges from… … Wikipedia
List of English words of Sanskrit origin — This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. Many of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meanings of some words have changed slightly after being borrowed. NOTOC A; Aditya : from Sanskrit āditya , the Vedic sun god. [ … Wikipedia
List of English words of Turkic origin — This is a list of words that have entered into the English language from the Turkic languages. Many of them came via traders and soldiers from and in the Ottoman Empire. There are some Turkic words as well, most of them entered English via the… … Wikipedia
List of English apocopations — This is a list of common apocopations in the English language.A;ab :abdominal muscle (slang) [ [http://www.bartleby.com/61/42/A0004250.html ab 2. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 ] ] :Abalone:… … Wikipedia
Calque — In linguistics, a calque (pronEng|kælk) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word for word (Latin: verbum pro verbo ) or root for root translation. For example, the common English phrase flea market… … Wikipedia
List of Spanish words of Germanic origin — This is an initial list of many Spanish words that come from Germanic languages. It is further divided into words that come from Visigothic, Frankish, Langobardic, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German … Wikipedia
List of Portuguese words of Germanic origin — This is a list of Portuguese words that come from Germanic languages. It is further divided into words that come from English, Frankish, Langobardic, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse,… … Wikipedia
List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… … Wikipedia
