Talk:extravenate

RFV discussion: December 2019

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extravenate

PoS header says 'Adjective', but defined as a verb. The single two-word "cite" is consistent with either. It would be nice to have cites for both adjective and verb, if it is real. DCDuring (talk) 03:24, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

• I've corrected the structure but have not looked for real cites. SemperBlotto (talk) 08:16, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
• It turns out that our definition is more than 2 1/2 centuries old, appearing in Noah Webster's 1831 dictionary, which apparently copied it verbatim from Samuel Johnson's 1756 dictionary. The Glanvill quote is from a 1665 work, and is rather... peculiar... by modern standards. I can see why later references limited it to just the two words. Chuck Entz (talk) 10:15, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

I've cited the verb, IMHO. It's all peculiar. DCDuring (talk) 18:30, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

And I've cited the adjective. I also added what looks like a noun usage to the citations page. Kiwima (talk) 18:33, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

I have what may be the original source (a 1961 translation of William Harvey's 17th C. Latin) of the 2014 quote. It looks pretty good now. I won't ask to cite these older things too often, only if they really look uncitable or, as in this case, there are definition issues. DCDuring (talk) 18:53, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:16, 11 December 2019 (UTC)