Talk:knight-erratic
Latest comment: 11 years ago by -sche in topic RFV
RFV
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Rfv-sense adjective ("of or relating to knights-errant"). Most "adjectival" senses seem to actually be attributive uses of the noun. --Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 17:25, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- Entry in 1881 book [1] is essentially what we have. Most book uses appear to be as a noun equivalent to "knight errant" (including by Cervantes). [2] is a clear 1839 use as an adjective. Collect (talk) 00:21, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
- That's promising, but it's only one cite. --Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 16:53, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
- RFV-failed for now. - -sche (discuss) 23:39, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
- This is one of a small number of terms which might have been found to be attested, had someone made a concerted effort to look for attestation. [[clerical]] (in its civil service sense) is another such term. - -sche (discuss) 23:20, 22 October 2012 (UTC)