Talk:abannition
The following information has failed Wiktionary's verification process (permalink).
Failure to be verified means that insufficient eligible citations of this usage have been found, and the entry therefore does not meet Wiktionary inclusion criteria at the present time. We have archived here the disputed information, the verification discussion, and any documentation gathered so far, pending further evidence.
Do not re-add this information to the article without also submitting proof that it meets Wiktionary's criteria for inclusion.
see above, but I did find... 1½ quotes for this form?
- 1872, J. S*****R, Ridiculous Fancies, London, page 26:
- Apollo of Delphi. I understand that Bcla signifies a place of Bedworfy, Colligation, Life-time, Abannition.
- (what does this even mean??)
- 1882 November 18, “Unknown English”, in Saturday Review, Vol. LIV, London, page 664:
- When one looks over such a list of words as this, it is impossible not to sympathize with the harmless foreigner who, as Mr. Cory says, is "not a Christian nor even a European," and who tries to write our noble language by aid of the dictionary. "I made my abaisance to him, but setting his abacot sternly on his head, he decreed my abannition, and refused even to comperendinate it until the conclusion of the affair we had conjobbled."
- (this is actually just a slightly more elaborate mention case.)
Definitely not meeting the attestation criteria.—蒼鳥 fawk. tell me if i did anything wrong. 12:57, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
- The context of the 1872 cite makes me think the author wanted an "a"-word and looked through the dictionary to find one whose meaning vaguely fit the context. The second cite actually makes it explicit that the dictionary is the immediate source of the words. As far as I am concerned they are of no value for attestation; although technically uses and not mentions, the word is used because it is in the dictionary rather than because the author had in mind ahead of time to express this meaning. This, that and the other (talk) 05:29, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- ...can't believe I didn't notice the author was devising an initialism in the first quote, Christ. I concur with what you said w.r.t. the second quote. 蒼鳥 fawk. tell me if i did anything wrong. 09:21, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
RFV-failed This, that and the other (talk) 13:12, 28 June 2023 (UTC)