Talk:latibulate

All three citations were mentions, not usages -- so moved here

• 1658, H. C. (Gent.), The English dictionarie: or, An interpreter of hard English words ...‎^[1], 8th revised and enlarged edition, A. M.; sold by Andrew Crooke:

  Latibulate, Privily to hide ones self in a corner.

• 2019 September 3, Joe Gillard, The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting‎^[2], Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, →ISBN, page 95:

  LATIBULATE Verb | luh-tihb-yoo-leyt Seventeenth century. English. TO HIDE IN A CORNER. Percival hated all the hubbub of his aunt's house, so he pulled out his phone to latibulate on the couch.

• 2022 October 13, Susie Dent, An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder‎^[3], John Murray Press, →ISBN:

  The verb 'latibulate' is defined in an early dictionary from 1623 as 'privily to hide ones selfe in a corner'. Long since obsolete, it is surely forgivable to broaden its scope to the intense urge to retreat.

Equinox ◑ 20:18, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

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latibulate

Hide oneself in a corner. All three citations were mentions (now moved to talk page). Perhaps a dictionary-only word. No "latibulating" found on GBooks. Equinox ◑ 20:19, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

serendipitous find while looking for cites for latibulize:

• 1874 November 16, The Wheeling Daily Register, Wheeling, West Virginia, page 2, column 1:

  He is probably after the manner of his prototype Kellogg, "latibulating" in some secure position, in breathless expectancy that His Excellency, will again uphold usurpation […] .

added it to the entry. 蒼鳥 _{fawk. tell me if i did anything wrong.} 20:59, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

• RFV passed with useful literature kept on Citations page Mintprepper (talk) 18:19, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

He meant RFV-failed, ftr. This, that and the other (talk) 01:38, 17 July 2023 (UTC)