Talk:aeaeae

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Etymology
From, the name of the island on which Circe, a sorceress, lived.

Noun

 * 1) Magic.
 * 2) * 2001, Michael Griffith, Spikes
 * Several times in the last few days I've thought his insight has bordered on aeaeae, glamor, gramarye, magic...

Adjective
Discussion from RFV: Much loved by "weird word" lists. Can't see any usage though. Ƿidsiþ 13:35, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Magical.


 * At least the Greek origin seems to be correct. It’s a question of transliteration. On the Greek Wikipedia under el:w:Κίρκη: Η Κίρκη ζούσε στο νησί στο οποίο ήταν βασίλισσα, την Αιαία... (Circe lived on the island of Aiaia, where she became a queen...).


 * Not in the OED (checked today) ... The w:English words with uncommon properties list says: For the purposes of this article, any word which has appeared in a recognised general English dictionary published in the 20th century or later is considered a candidate. That is not the case - the only dictionary this seems to appear in is allwords.com ... but they pull their contents off from here. Regretfully, looks like a candidate for deletion. -Iakub 15:15, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * also appears in 'A smaller classical dictionary of biography, mythology, and geography' By Sir William Smith. On Google Books on pg15 98.229.161.124 01:14, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, entry moved to talk-page. —Ruakh TALK 18:21, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Why "aeaeae"?
In Latin dictionaries (and also in Wikipedia) this name (it's a proper name) is listed as Aeaea. Aeaeae is genitive of it. Such words usually do not keep genitive when borrowing. 95.69.155.165 11:12, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It would make sense for this to be derived from the genitive, since this isn't about the island itself, but about something associated with it. It looks to me like a word coined by borrowing directly from the Latin form, so it doesn't follow the usual historical rules. At any rate, it's failed rfv and been deleted as a dictionary-only term, so it's moot anyway. Chuck Entz (talk) 13:27, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

citation
For what it's worth, this word appears in The Superior Person's Book of Words, by Peter Bowler. —scs (talk) 10:48, 15 May 2019 (UTC)