Talk:obsolescent
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Spinningspark in topic First attested
Usage note[edit]
Isn't it incorrect to say "soon-to-be obsolescent" as it is used on electronics? — This comment was unsigned.
- Yes. Sofixit? :-) --Connel MacKenzie 16:10, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
First attested[edit]
I have removed the claim that the word was first attested around 1780. This seems to be a few decades too late. Samuel Johnson uses the word in his dictionary in 1755 in a non-mentiony way. I also found this 1761 usage, albeit in italics. SpinningSpark 16:53, 28 August 2015 (UTC)