But it is no part of the signification of the word John, that the father of the person so called bore the same name; nor even of the word Dartmouth, to be situated at the mouth of the Dart.
1895, Max Simon Nordau, Degeneration, page 67:
A word, whether written or spoken, excites a sense (sight or hearing), and sets up an activity in the brain.
1966, Alexander R. Prista, Essential Portuguese grammar, Courier Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 6:
It will help you to expand your Portuguese vocabulary if you remember that many Portuguese words are similar in meaning and appearance to English words.
Noun: "discrete, meaningful unit of language which is approved by some authority"
1913, Frederick William Hall, A companion to classical texts, page 155:
A meaningless word like tetera for cetera (owing to the similarity of c and t in rustic capitals) is bound to arrest the attention of the reader, however careless he be, and is soon corrected by conjecture or by comparison with other copies.
2004, Shannon Holmes, Never Go Home Again: A Novel, page 218
"[…] Know what I'm sayin'?" / "Word!" the other man strongly agreed. "Let's do this — "
2007, Gabe Rotter, Duck Duck Wally: A Novel, page 105
"[…] Not bad at all, man. Worth da wait, dawg. Word." / "You liked it?" I asked dumbly, stoned still, and feeling victorious. / "Yeah, man," said Oral B. "Word up. […]"
