Talk:dervish

RFV discussion: March–July 2010
Rfv-sense "One that possesses abundant, often frenzied energy." &#x200b;— msh210 ℠ 18:57, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * That definition is verbatim from AHD, so we should reword it at the very least. That being said I think it is a legit definition, probably reverse from whirling dervish: which we still need. -  00:21, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It may be legit. I RFVed it after finding no hits for . &#x200b;— msh210 ℠ 15:57, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

RFV failed, sense removed. —Ruakh TALK 19:36, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

See the citations for a use of this sense, or possibly a missing adjective sense ("tracing the dervish embers"). &mdash; excarnateSojourner (talk &middot; contrib) 04:31, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

"darwaysh"
Another spelling is "darwaysh" - see Richard Francis Burton's Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to al-Madinah and Meccah, vol 1 page 2 Philologick (talk) 07:29, 23 May 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ Equinox ◑ 12:02, 23 May 2016 (UTC)