> english can be rather odd. The more fanciful terms of venery (aka nouns of assembly) are very much deliberate contrivances. > In the course of the 14th cent

> english can be rather odd. The more fanciful terms of venery (aka nouns of assembly) are very much deliberate contrivances. > In the course of the 14th century, it became a courtly fashion to extend the vocabulary, and by the 15th century, the tendency had reached exaggerated and even satirical proportions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun#Terms_of_venery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun#Terms_of_vener...