Hippodrome to Taraxippus (disturber of horses) there to show the spot where many chariots wrecked. A large ancient hippodrome was the Hippodrome of Constantinople, built between AD 203 and 330. However, since it was built to a Roman design, it was actually a circus. 19th Century: Modern: Hippodrome The hippodrome () was an ancient Grecian stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. The name is derived from the Greek words "hippos" (ἵππος; "horse") and "dromos" (δρόμος; "course"). The term is used in the modern French language and some others, with the meaning of "horse racecourse". Hence, some present-day horse racing tracks
The Meaning of Liff Meaning of Liff" appears before a lightning bolt strikes the last F and converts it to an E. A revised and expanded edition of the original book, with about twice as many definitions, was published in 1990 as The Deeper Meaning of Liff (UK Edition: , US Edition: ), though the original remains in print. Some of the new words in "Deeper" had previously appeared in a Liff piece by Adams, Lloyd and Stephen Fry in "The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book" (1986). The main differences between the two editions (for either version of the book) are those