SOME DISCONNECTED SENTENCES ON THE MODERN " Women
and men alike are increasingly interested in the look of things.
They eagerly give their attention to what's new and beautiful...
and advanced." |
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Traces
of the modern are seen in the minds of those exposed to the sales pitch:
modern living.
Actual traces can only
ever be partial residues, failed attempts, that which has gone. Ancient Rome
was once Modern Rome.
"of or pertaining to present or recent times," 1500, from M.Fr. moderne,
from L.L. modernus "modern," from L. modo "just now, in a (certain)
manner," from modo "to the measure," abl. of modus "manner,
measure" (see mode (1)). In Shakespeare, often with a sense of "every-day,
ordinary, commonplace." Slang abbreviation mod first attested 1960. Modern
art is from 1849; modern dance first attested 1912; first record of modern
jazz is from 1955. Modern conveniences first recorded 1926. Modernize is from
1748
(implied in modernized).
SOME DISCONNECTED SENTENCES ON THE MODERN " Women
and men alike are increasingly interested in the look of things.
They eagerly give their attention to what's new and beautiful...
and advanced." |
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