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Originally Posted by RobinMask
I would say it's okay to use. English from then is pretty much the same as it is now, the spelling is the same and the meaning generally is too. I would be wary if it says 'colloquialism' or 'figure of speech' or 'slang' in the definition, because those kinds of things go in and out of the language very quickly, for example back then 'square' could mean someone very geeky, but no one uses 'square' to mean that anymore. The majority of words you should be fine with though  |
Thanks for the quick reply!
I looked up these three examples and all of them looked fine to me, but 'square' (as an adj.) means rather someone who's old-fashioned and not geeky (I mean in the dict...), so I shall be very careful while I study it.