Edited to add consuelo's vote

a. (n.) A functionary of lower rank than a chamberlain, but discharging some of his duties. Attendant at the king’s bedchamber; responsible for domestic security, organizing ceremonies (including religious ones), processionals and local travel. Called also sogennant-at-arms; an attendant of the serjeant-at-arms. [dxb]

b. [Penn. Dutch] ironic [tsuwm](sjmaxq, capfka, AnnaStrophic)

c. Characterized by a gloomy, oppressive atmosphere.[faldage](TEd, Fiberbabe, tsuwm)

d. having the characteristics of a sponge [musick] (W O'N)

e. mosslike [W O'N](belMarduk, dxb)

f. of solo quality or effect, yet produced by an ensemble [wordwind] (rhuby, etaoin,consuelo)

g. of, relating to, or arising from one's mental or spiritual being, visceral, intuitive [consuelo](musick)

h. so called [true meaning, sjmaxq, jheem, and AnnaS.](faldage, boronia, jheem, jackie)

i. stagnant [mainly Scottish] {bingley]

j. unflappable, stoic [fiberbabe]

I had never heard of this word before I met it here: http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism/2004/03/17.html (Scroll down to Nuntii: The Roman Warm Period)

I'm not sure how many Classicists are aware of the sogennant 'Roman Warm Period', but a study reviewed by the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change might be worth tracking down.

Sogennant is not in OneLook, and most of the Google hits were in German. When I asked for English-only results from Google, there was only a handful of results. Max then supplied the correct definition but spelling it sogenannt, which is in OneLook, and has a lot more google hits going for it. But all those hits (or at least those on the google pages I looked at) are in German.

So is German sogenannt in the process of being anglicised as sogennant?

Bingley

Bingley