Talk:zenzizenzizenzic

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Note that zenzizenzic failed RFV. —Ruakh_TALK 20:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

• this seems to be a use rather than a mention, but only just. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:45, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

• It does seem to be a use — but not in the sense we give. No clue what that author means by it. —Ruakh_TALK 22:48, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

• Good point, I tried taking the 8th root of 16777259 to see if it gives an integer, and it doesn't. So that's out of the window then. Zero valid Google Book hits then. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:17, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

• I have a vague feeling David Mitchell uses it in Cloud Atlas, but I might be mistaken. Ƿidsiþ 13:10, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, entry deleted. —Ruakh_TALK 02:14, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

I couldn't find this discussion before I re-posted the entry. However, I scrounged up some citations that use the word "zenzizenzizenzic" in the sense of its listed definition (the eighth power of a number), and not simply as a novelty word. The two 2008 sources (Earls and Uldrich) are, I think, a little dubious, but I've retained them for somebody else's judgement, since I'm new here and don't know the drill. Apologies if I haven't contributed anything that hasn't been offered before. Thanks, Ackatsis 10:22, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

• UPDATE: I just found a rather promising use in a mathematical book from 1701. I didn't find it earlier because it uses the alternative spelling "zenzizenzizenzike" (which is how Recorde originally spelt it in 1557): the word is found on pages 199, 202 and 272 of A compleat body of arithmetic, in four books by Samuel Jeake. Ackatsis 10:31, 26 June 2010 (UTC)