On 25 May 2004, at 1:48 pm, Damon Agretto wrote:
Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle.
Does not agree with available evidence, nor what professional historians say about it. Quoting from a dictionary is IMHO NOT a good debating technique!
Very true! One of the foibles of English is that experts and specialists use the same words that are in the dictionary with more particular or slightly different meanings, or even completely different meanings.
I see the word 'deprecated' used every day, but not in any of the main senses given in a dictionary...
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