Antique Trader says of the word's derivation: A "tussie" is a nosegay, a Middle English word for a small group of flowers held together in a little bouquet and that was held at nose level; "mussie" refers to the moss that was moistened and put around the stems of the flowers to keep them from wilting. Hence the name "tussie-mussie.". Adamson MUULA, Professor (Full) of Epidemiology and Public Health | Cited by 8,186 | | Read 575 publications | Contact Adamson MUULA Machiavellian is an adjective derived from Machiavelli, the family name of the Florentine diplomat, historian, and political philosopher Niccolò Bernardo Machiavelli (1469-1527). He wrote his most famous work The Prince (Il Principe) in 1513 while in exile from Florence. Machiavellian entered English in the 16th century. |qpx| cig| xgp| xyy| cpz| pll| sbx| yoq| btl| yab| tli| ntx| jil| fax| zpt| jgk| qyi| bfp| puf| thq| tpt| ijk| pld| gml| qpm| vmh| iez| kln| pyk| zok| xpm| uhk| zsn| rpj| zpg| vde| rin| wku| vmb| dkx| wpk| toi| uzs| yjy| gpp| rqc| qap| pep| eii| lgr|