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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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Malodiferous redux
For all of you who were kind enough to reply to my original post, I might have some more light to shed on this topic. Humorous, yes. Embarassing? Quite . . .
Several years ago, I had a roommate who was as into lexicon flexing as I am. He bought a book, the title of which escapes me at the moment. The disclaimer at the beginning of the book stated rather boldly that some of the words were basically made up words that the author would like to see added into every day English vernacular. It is entirely possible that "malodiferous" was one of the words he had in there.
To the author's credit, only a handful of the words in his book were of his making; everything else was/is legitimate already.
So for all of you who replied to the original post, I thank you. Take care, and have a wonderful day.
Sincerely,
Chris McCabe
Several years ago, I had a roommate who was as into lexicon flexing as I am. He bought a book, the title of which escapes me at the moment. The disclaimer at the beginning of the book stated rather boldly that some of the words were basically made up words that the author would like to see added into every day English vernacular. It is entirely possible that "malodiferous" was one of the words he had in there.
To the author's credit, only a handful of the words in his book were of his making; everything else was/is legitimate already.
So for all of you who replied to the original post, I thank you. Take care, and have a wonderful day.
Sincerely,
Chris McCabe
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[nq:1]For all of you who were kind enough to reply to my original post, I might have some more light ... for all of you who replied to the original post, I thank you. [/nq] So you don't feel too bruised, I have heard people use the (non)word "odiferous".
- [nq:1]For all of you who were kind enough to reply to my original post, I might have some more light ...
- for all of you who replied to the original post, I thank you.
- [/nq] So you don't feel too bruised, I have heard people use the (non)word "odiferous".
- I won't comment on whether they were right, wrong, ill educated, or whatever, but I have heard it used.
- " Brian Wickham
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[nq:1]For all of you who were kind enough to reply to my original post, I might have some more light ... for all of you who replied to the original post, I thank you. Take care, and have a wonderful day.[/nq]
So you don't feel too bruised, I have heard people use the (non)word "odiferous". I won't comment on whether they were right, wrong, ill educated, or whatever, but I have heard it used. A
So you don't feel too bruised, I have heard people use the (non)word "odiferous". I won't comment on whether they were right, wrong, ill educated, or whatever, but I have heard it used. A
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[nq:1]So you don't feel too bruised, I have heard people use the (non)word "odiferous".[/nq]
This "nonword" is attested as an English word from the late 15th century onwards. The OED includes among its users Elias Ashmole, John Skelton, Andrew Boorde, Richard Huloet (who suggests "odoriferous ... is the better phrase"), and Sir Thomas Browne.
Martin Ambuhl
This "nonword" is attested as an English word from the late 15th century onwards. The OED includes among its users Elias Ashmole, John Skelton, Andrew Boorde, Richard Huloet (who suggests "odoriferous ... is the better phrase"), and Sir Thomas Browne.
Martin Ambuhl
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That is precisely the confirmation I was looking for. I don't have access to OED, either in its online form or a regular, old-fashioned hard-bound dictionary. To know that it actually has been used at one point is enough validation for me. Thanks!
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Chris McCabe
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