Talk:typhlobasia

RFV discussion
Looks like a list word. &#x200b;—msh210℠ 18:54, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * What's the etymology of this term? The first element is (from the Ancient Greek, tuphlos, "blind"). However, I could only find three terms in the OED that end in undefined:, viz.  (back-formed from , wherein the undefined: element means "base") on the one hand, and  and  (where, in both of which, the undefined: element means "walking", and derives from the Ancient Greek , basis, "step") on the other. Any idea whence, if anywhence, the undefined: element heralds?  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 21:40, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Latin, maybe. Nadando 21:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * That makes sense: 🇨🇬 + 🇨🇬 undefined: (stem of and its derivation ) + 🇨🇬 (suffix forming abstract nouns). That derivation would also explain why There’s a Word for It!: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life gives the pronunciation "TIF-luh-BAY-zee-uh": a Latin *undefined: would consistently be pronounced * in English, so TAWFI's pronunciation is only slightly anomalous (in the "zee" bit). Is that etymology plausible enough to be given in the entry, do you think?  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 00:34, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I've gone with that.  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 02:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, I'm glad you've found an etymological explanation, but this looks like a pretty clear delete to me. Nadando 04:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed, although establishing an etymology is not a wasted effort: it will be included in the listing for undefined: in Appendix:English dictionary-only terms.  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 01:45, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

RFV failed, entry deleted. (Note to Doremítzwr: I haven't added it to Appendix:English dictionary-only terms, but you should feel free to.) —Ruakh TALK 21:17, 7 July 2010 (UTC)