Talk:perdulous

RFV discussion: November–December 2021

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perdulous

The Bramhall quote is actually for pendulous BTW Notusbutthem (talk) 16:24, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 02:27, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Good quotes. The definition needs work though. None of the quotes show any indication of having been "thrown away", and "lost" is a stretch for most of them too. What on earth does it mean? This, that and the other (talk) 03:05, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Not true. In the 1887 quote, the half sheet had been previously thrown away. The others are various senses of lost: not perceptible to the senses, squandered or beyond hope, unable to be found. Kiwima (talk) 09:54, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Fair enough. Johnson did define it as exactly "lost; thrown away" so it's understandable that these writers would have been informed by that definition. This, that and the other (talk) 10:14, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:37, 12 December 2021 (UTC)