Sentence examples for obscure origin from inspiring English sources

"Bigot," for example, was a word of obscure origin that originally referred to a religious zealot, but that by the 1920's could be applied to someone with a narrow-minded animus against other races or religions.

In Modern Persian, for example, where all final syllables have been lost, the old case and gender distinctions have disappeared also, but plural number is still regularly marked, either with -an (originally the genitive plural ending of some nouns) or with -ha (of obscure origin).

Like many other Turkic peoples, they are of obscure origin.

"Shandy" is a word of obscure origin meaning "crack-brained, half-crazy".

A Nepalese era (ad 878) of obscure origin was commonly used in Nepal until modern times.

Three railways reached Cripple Creek (whose name is of obscure origin) between 1893 and 1901.

Vandenberg and Hamilton both triumphed over obscure origins & poverty.

It is known simply as the Chicken, a nonname that seems right, considering its obscure origins.

Yet even with their obscure origins and absurd usage, they are not going away.

Less than three months later Jack Cade, a man of obscure origins, led a popular rebellion in southeastern England.

The Fulani, a people of obscure origins, expanded eastward from Futa Toro in Lower Senegal in the 14th century.