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Complicit?
Does anyone know of a word "complicit"?
Someone compiled a document recently that contained the phrase "failure to speak would render us complicit in .."
I didn't like the phrasing, and edited it to remove the word, but others put it back.
I then looked up "complicit" in my dictionary, to try to find what it meant, and could not find the word at all. Obviously it was intended to sugges complicity, but it struck me as unwise to use an apparently made-up word in a public document.
Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?
Steve Hayes
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
Someone compiled a document recently that contained the phrase "failure to speak would render us complicit in .."
I didn't like the phrasing, and edited it to remove the word, but others put it back.
I then looked up "complicit" in my dictionary, to try to find what it meant, and could not find the word at all. Obviously it was intended to sugges complicity, but it struck me as unwise to use an apparently made-up word in a public document.
Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?
Steve Hayes
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
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[nq:1]Does anyone know of a word "complicit"? Someone compiled a document recently that contained the phrase "failure to speak would ... an apparently made-up word in a public document.
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[nq:1]Does anyone know of a word "complicit"? Someone compiled a document recently that contained the phrase "failure to speak would ... an apparently made-up word in a public document. Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?[/nq]
See http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
Main Entry: co
See http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
Main Entry: co
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[nq:1]Does anyone know of a word "complicit"? Someone compiled a document recently that contained the phrase "failure to speak would ... an apparently made-up word in a public document. Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?[/nq]
Onelook finds four of them: http://www.onelook.com/?w=complic
Onelook finds four of them: http://www.onelook.com/?w=complic
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In our last episode,
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[nq:1]Does anyone know of a word "complicit"? Someone compiled a document recently that contained the phrase "failure to speak would ... an apparently made-up word in a public document. Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?[/nq]
If you prefer an olde
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the lovely and talented Steve Hayes
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]Does anyone know of a word "complicit"? Someone compiled a document recently that contained the phrase "failure to speak would ... an apparently made-up word in a public document. Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?[/nq]
If you prefer an olde
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[nq:1]Does anyone know of a word "complicit"? I then looked up "complicit" in my dictionary, to try to find what it meant, and could not find the word at all. Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?[/nq]
Almost any dictionary would do.
(COD10)
complicit /k@m"plIsIt/
· adj. involved with others in an unlawful activity; having complicity.
I have run an
Almost any dictionary would do.
(COD10)
complicit /k@m"plIsIt/
· adj. involved with others in an unlawful activity; having complicity.
I have run an
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[nq:2]Does anyone know of a word "complicit"? Someone compiled a ... it meant, and could not find the word at all.[/nq]
I'm curious to know what dictionary you looked in. I've looked in several American dictionaries without failing to find "complicit".
Okay, now I've looked in a UK dictionary, the Concise Oxford Eighth Edition : "Complicity" is there but no "complicit". Sensing a possible
I'm curious to know what dictionary you looked in. I've looked in several American dictionaries without failing to find "complicit".
Okay, now I've looked in a UK dictionary, the Concise Oxford Eighth Edition : "Complicity" is there but no "complicit". Sensing a possible
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[nq:1]But it's in the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary : complicit /km"plIsIt/ a. L20. (Back-form. f. COMPLICITY.) Having or ... think is likely to be meant when they hear only that something has appeared in the pages of the "Independent"?[/nq]
The British national newspaper of that name, no doubt. I think the same rule would apply to any newspaper name given without an indication of loca
The British national newspaper of that name, no doubt. I think the same rule would apply to any newspaper name given without an indication of loca
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[nq:2]Does anyone know of a word "complicit"?[/nq]
[nq:2]I then looked up "complicit" in my dictionary, to try to find what it meant, and could not find the word at all.[/nq]
[nq:2]Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?[/nq]
[nq:1]Almost any dictionary would do. (COD10) complicit /k@m"plIsIt/ · adj. involved with others in an unlawful activity; having complicity.
[nq:2]I then looked up "complicit" in my dictionary, to try to find what it meant, and could not find the word at all.[/nq]
[nq:2]Has anyone else used it, or got a dictionary that defines it?[/nq]
[nq:1]Almost any dictionary would do. (COD10) complicit /k@m"plIsIt/ · adj. involved with others in an unlawful activity; having complicity.
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[nq:1]I looked in my Chambers (1973), and it doesn't have "complicit". It has "complice", and that definition includes "complicity" as "state of being an accomplice", and "complexity".[/nq]
I had forgotten to check the dictionaries I no longer use because they have been replaced by newer editions. MW dates "complicit" to 1973. I am not much surprised that a 1973 dictionary doesn't have it. You
I had forgotten to check the dictionaries I no longer use because they have been replaced by newer editions. MW dates "complicit" to 1973. I am not much surprised that a 1973 dictionary doesn't have it. You
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[nq:2]I looked in my Chambers (1973), and it doesn't have ... includes "complicity" as "state of being an accomplice", and "complexity".[/nq]
[nq:1]I had forgotten to check the dictionaries I no longer use because they have been replaced by newer editions. MW ... 1973 dictionary doesn't have it. Your Chambers is two name changes and 30 years older than the one I use.[/nq]
I have tried to m
[nq:1]I had forgotten to check the dictionaries I no longer use because they have been replaced by newer editions. MW ... 1973 dictionary doesn't have it. Your Chambers is two name changes and 30 years older than the one I use.[/nq]
I have tried to m
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[nq:1]I have tried to make myself replace my Chambers with a newer edition, but I have some kind of mental ... dictionary of choice, but I still stick with my old dictionary anyway. I think it's a sign of old age.[/nq]
My Chambers is of the same vintage, acquired for a similar reason (the Listener crossword). It is falling to pieces. I have looked at newer editions in bookshops but never found
My Chambers is of the same vintage, acquired for a similar reason (the Listener crossword). It is falling to pieces. I have looked at newer editions in bookshops but never found
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