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Banj0 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
The word "ire" as transitive verb
hello all,
I'm hoping this nice community can help a group of friends involved in a word game. Thanks in advance for any assistance, it is much appreciated!
At http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ire the noun 'ire' is also listed as a transitive verb. In order to continue the game, a friend of mine posted the word "ired" and linked to MW's site for anyone challenging. Since none of us had ever read/heard that use of the word 'ire' some disagreement has set in among our group.
What do you folks think? Is "ired" an acceptable 4-letter english word?
Again, thanks very much.
-b
I'm hoping this nice community can help a group of friends involved in a word game. Thanks in advance for any assistance, it is much appreciated!
At http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ire the noun 'ire' is also listed as a transitive verb. In order to continue the game, a friend of mine posted the word "ired" and linked to MW's site for anyone challenging. Since none of us had ever read/heard that use of the word 'ire' some disagreement has set in among our group.
What do you folks think? Is "ired" an acceptable 4-letter english word?
Again, thanks very much.
-b
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banj0 What do you folks think? Is "ired" an acceptable 4-letter english word? Welcome to the forums.
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banj0What do you folks think? Is "ired" an acceptable 4-letter english word?Welcome to the forums.
No, I've never heard this "word."
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It's listed in "The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary" (which, I just noticed, does not have an apostrophe at the end of "Players." Grr.) Of course, that source lists lots of words that some people (including my husband) might not consider "real" words. But I think if whatever dictionary you accept as your game standard lists "ire" as a verb then you should accpt "ired." Just don't try usin
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Thanks very much for the replies.
Ray---me neither. And neither have most of us in the group.
khoff---thanks for looking it up in the OSPD. (<---a new acronym for me, lol.) Since it's just a forum game (4 letter words, change one letter to create a new one) we decided on wiki and dictionary.com as "official" sources. I should've included the Scrabble Dictionary; it's my
Ray---me neither. And neither have most of us in the group.
khoff---thanks for looking it up in the OSPD. (<---a new acronym for me, lol.) Since it's just a forum game (4 letter words, change one letter to create a new one) we decided on wiki and dictionary.com as "official" sources. I should've included the Scrabble Dictionary; it's my
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banjO, thanks for the kind words about the forum. I'll watch for your future posts.
P.S. For the record, I've never actually heard or read "ired" in use either. But that's true of a lot of words in the OSPD -- when was the last time you said "miseat" ("to eat improperly") or "outdrop" ("to surpass in dropping")? Or described something round as "orby"?
P.S. For the record, I've never actually heard or read "ired" in use either. But that's true of a lot of words in the OSPD -- when was the last time you said "miseat" ("to eat improperly") or "outdrop" ("to surpass in dropping")? Or described something round as "orby"?
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I'm not at all certain of this. Ire is strictly only a noun, although listed as a transitive verb in some dictionaries. I suggest that the verb relating to Ire is, in fact, Irk and that Ired is not a word - despite that I believe it to have been used by Shakespeare, by way of poetic phrasing.
If Ire can be a verb and if of regular declension, the Ired must exist as a past participle.
If Ire can be a verb and if of regular declension, the Ired must exist as a past participle.
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Hi,
Thanks for the comment, although I think they finished their game two years ago.
Clive
Thanks for the comment, although I think they finished their game two years ago.
Clive
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"Ire" used as a verb (past tense: ired, present participle iring) is an example of what I like to call cruciverbiage, a usage found only in crossword puzzles (and no doubt invented for that sole purpose). As far as I'm concerned, it is about as legitimate as permitting those arab words ending (or beginning) with a "q" that have never, I'll wager, appeared in an actual English-language context, adm
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