Extensions to pet and proper names, such as the ie in laddie or lassie, or the y in names like Robby or Donny, surfaced in Scotland around 1400 and became popularized as endearments by the poems of Robert Bums (1759-1796).
This collection of shirts runs the gamut of color. The definition of gamut is the entire range or extent of something. An example of gamut is a clothing collection that includes every color of the rainbow. gamut. gamut.
Gamut area (GA) is another measure of color rendering. It is more commonly used in Japan than in North America, which may explain why it was considered the least useful color metric by surveyed NLPIP members (Table 1).