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Word Origins Dictionary
- goal-post (n.)



[goal-post 词源字典] - 1834, from goal (n.) + post (n.1). To move the goal posts as a figurative expression for "cheat by changing the objectives after the process has begun" is by 1988.[goal-post etymology, goal-post origin, 英语词源]
- heal-all (n.)




- 1570s, "universal remedy," from heal + all; applied since 1814 to various plants supposed to possess healing virtues. The native word for panacea.
- mal-




- word-forming element meaning "bad, badly, ill, poorly, wrong, wrongly," from French mal (adv.), from Old French mal (adj., adv.) "evil, ill, wrong, wrongly" (9c.), from Latin male (adv.) "badly," or malus (adj.) "bad, evil" (fem. mala, neuter malum), of unknown origin, perhaps related to Avestan mairiia "treacherous." Most Modern English words with this prefix are 19c. coinages.
- natural-born (adj.)




- 1580s, from natural (adj.) + born.
- spiritual-minded (adj.)




- 1526 (Tindale), from spiritual (adj.) + minded. Related: Spiritual-mindedness.