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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread query regarding existence of a word #168775 06/19/2007 4:57 PM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 India vkn stranger vkn stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 India Is there any English word (British English) like 'APPROPRIACY'? I have known the word 'APPROPRIATENESS' since long but my friend says that the first named word also exists in British English although I could not find it in any of the Dictionaries. Can someone clarify authoritatively? Thanks and regards, VKN vkayen@eth.net Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: query regarding existence of a word vkn #168776 06/19/2007 5:47 PM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 120 California Maven member Maven member Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 120 California http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=APPROPRIACY&pg=1&grp=dict Yes, it is a real word. It's in common usage on many UK sites, but doesn't seem as popular in the US. tempus edax rerum Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: query regarding existence of a word Maven #168778 06/19/2007 8:18 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont seems like a legit construct, just hasn't caught on. and welcome, v! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: query regarding existence of a word Maven #168779 06/20/2007 6:40 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 India vkn stranger vkn stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 India Many thanks for your clarification. I guess it's a newly coined word as I don't find it in the Oxford Dictionary 1990 edition that I have. With its wide spread acceptance in the U.K., I'm sure it must have found its way to Oxford Dictionary in the recent past. Should it be so, I would use it authoritatively too!! VKN Chennai India Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: query regarding existence of a word vkn #168783 06/20/2007 11:44 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass interestingly, the widest use of 'appropriacy' seems to be in the field of Linguistics; and note the wording of the Encarta def'n cited above: word's suitability: the precise suitability of a word to its context. -joe (word!) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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