Subject: | [OM] Re: [OT] Short translation? |
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From: | Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
Date: | Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:05:41 -0400 |
I should have known better than to display my language ignorance in front of the English Academy. :-) Chuck Norcutt Chris Barker wrote: > No, I've never heard "despond" as a verb. It's archaic English and > it's a noun. > > It is normally "despondency" now but it could have been an artistic > contraction. If only I could remember the poetry or prose where I > read it. It might have been a bit from "Paradise Lost". ============================================== List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx ============================================== |
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