Talk:redamancy

RFV-failed
See this discussion. The term has been added to Wiktionary's Appendix of English dictionary-only terms. — Beobach972 19:58, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

redamancy
Only hits on b.g.c are to Elisha Coles' dictionary of difficult words, and to two other sources that cover dictionary words. (Plus a scanno for redundancy.) One source indicates that this and its evil twin redamation: can be found in the OED, but I don't have ready access to that and some others here do. For all I know the OED could be citing Coles' as well. Good luck finding it. If you do, could you verify the etymology an IP poster provided. — Carolina wren discussió 22:01, 4 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Your access is better than you think, at least to the 1st edition. Try here, page numbered 293 (= page 307 of the PDF).  Click "Read online" if you don't want to deal with a monstrous file.
 * Anyway, this is in the OED1 and OED2. However, the only cite is a definition in Glossographia, a 17th-century dictionary by Thomas Blount (lexicographer).  Absent actual evidence of use, it would not appear to meet our criteria for inclusion, even if it (apparently?) meets the OED's.  "Redamation" has only one cite, so it might also face an uphill climb. -- Visviva 07:52, 5 September 2009 (UTC)


 * For your linky convenience: . :-) (I know, layout needs some work.) -- Visviva 09:32, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, entry deleted. Maybe should go in Appendix:English dictionary-only terms. —Ruakh TALK 20:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

I added it to that appendix, and now archive this discussion... — Beobach972 19:55, 16 November 2010 (UTC)