Talk:adlubescence
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Gamren in topic RFV discussion: April 2016–March 2017
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In addition to the Marvell quote there appears to be one more: "Neither was Verbatim when it said: "Your adlubescence at this romp-through should be undiminished, and that's no fadoodle."" but I am unsure of the context or if this is a quote from some other work. DTLHS (talk) 03:26, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- Verbatim is possibly Verbatim: The Language Quarterly.— Pingkudimmi 06:21, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- A quick search on Google Books suggests that Marvell is the only person to have used the word as anything other than an example of a linguistic curiosity. All of the others, including the quotation above (from 1978) seem to be listing it among other weird and wonderful words that aren't actually used by anyone. The quotation appears to be a silly example of two such words being used for no other purpose than to give an example of their use in a work mentioning or discussing them. That said, knowledge of the word is widespread, even if usage is not; the meaning is well-known, and it isn't something recently coined. It seems unlikely that there are three actual uses of the word outside the realm of "here are some strange words you've never heard of!" But is there an appendix for words like this? P Aculeius (talk) 12:24, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- The word does appear in the OED labelled as "rare", and adds the following usage note: "App[arently] revived from dictionary record." In addition to the Marvell quotation and the 1977 one from Verbatim, there is one dated 1656 and an album review from "New Rec." in 1981. — SMUconlaw (talk) 18:31, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- @P Aculeius Appendix:English dictionary-only terms DTLHS (talk) 02:00, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
- https://books.google.com/books?id=c0gXCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT97&dq=adlubescence&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=adlubescence&f=false
- https://books.google.com/books?id=zZnvVEZ04I4C&q=adlubescence&dq=adlubescence&hl=&cd=4&source=gbs_api
- https://books.google.com/books?id=enmvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=adlubescence&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=adlubescence&f=false
- https://books.google.com/books?id=7VPSb8py5jUC&pg=PA47&dq=adlubescence&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=adlubescence&f=false
Talk to SageGreenRider 02:07, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
- I'm glad there's an appropriate place to keep it, but those "citations" really don't satisfy me, since every one is either a definition of the word, or an example made up for the express purpose of using the word in a sentence. Only Marvell seems to be using it in any sense other than, "I bet you've never seen this word before!" P Aculeius (talk) 02:44, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
- RFV failed, moved to appendix.__Gamren (talk) 19:41, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
- I'm glad there's an appropriate place to keep it, but those "citations" really don't satisfy me, since every one is either a definition of the word, or an example made up for the express purpose of using the word in a sentence. Only Marvell seems to be using it in any sense other than, "I bet you've never seen this word before!" P Aculeius (talk) 02:44, 29 April 2016 (UTC)