Tag: Curiosities

A Cabinet of Curiosities — such a delightful term. It embraces all the romance of the gentleman (or gentlewoman) collector, from parish curates to kings. A time just before the birth of scientific classification, when unicorns and mermaids might still exist, if one was to travel and explo...

This is a fun word. It isn’t one of those “English doesn’t have it,” things. It’s just a bit unique and clever. In English, “unos/unas” translates to something like “some, a couple, a few,” or “around, about, or so.&r...