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| − | Napoleon, whom Wellington defeated at Waterloo. | + | * '''Napoleon:''' Napoleon Bonaparte, whom Wellington defeated at Waterloo |
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160291 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
| − | + | * '''lipos''' (''Greek'') ''' + oleum''' (''Latin'')''':''' fat + oil → ''lipoleum'' (if it were a word) would mean "the [olive] oil made from fat"; cp. ''petroleum'', which means "the oil made from rock." But why does Napoleon = fat-oil? | |
| − | + | *'''lip:''' backchat, sauce, talking out of turn, insulting speech. A sign of uppitiness of the upstart Napoleon, and a reference to his speeches against the British. | |
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| + | * '''linoleum:''' a type of floor-covering impregnated with linseed-oil → [[Page_21|FW 021.13:]] [[oil cloth flure]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:20, 28 July 2007
- Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte, whom Wellington defeated at Waterloo
- lipos (Greek) + oleum (Latin): fat + oil → lipoleum (if it were a word) would mean "the [olive] oil made from fat"; cp. petroleum, which means "the oil made from rock." But why does Napoleon = fat-oil?
- lip: backchat, sauce, talking out of turn, insulting speech. A sign of uppitiness of the upstart Napoleon, and a reference to his speeches against the British.
- linoleum: a type of floor-covering impregnated with linseed-oil → FW 021.13: oil cloth flure
