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A similar thing happened with "knight" and "knave." They both originally meant "boy," and by extension, "a boy employed as a servant." One word ameliorated while the other pejorated.
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Funny how that happens, isn't it? Why one instead of the other? I expect that it's random, but still.
What other terms can you think of that have pejorated (great word, pejorated. When I was composing my last post I was thinking that there ought to be a word that meant that, and lo! there is one!)?
Hussy originally meant "housewife", I know. What else?
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