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| 294.1 | How obscure is it? | APTECH::RSTONE | | Wed Dec 17 1986 10:25 | 10 |
| Has "conjurical" or "inconjurical" ever appeared in a published
document? Or is it something you heard somewhere (Belfast)?
Where did you learn of its definition?...by context or from a separate
reference?
If it is as obscure as it appears, I would certainly not try to
use the word if there are others which would more adequately
communicate the intended meaning.
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| 294.2 | maybe a local corruption... | PSTJTT::TABER | Who hates vice hates man | Wed Dec 17 1986 13:07 | 3 |
| Might it be a corruption of "canonical?"
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| 294.3 | or a conjectural incongruity | REGENT::MERRILL | If you've got it, font it. | Tue Dec 23 1986 13:47 | 4 |
| Sounds like an incongruous conjecture altogether!
RMM
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| 294.4 | Better late... | AMUSED::UPPER | J'peux pas assez d'pouvoir-r-r, M'sieu' | Fri Jan 09 1987 17:36 | 10 |
| Conjure is fairly common backwoods for "think", "-- up", "-- of". It looks as
if your "inconjurical" wall is one that the speaker wouldn't think of
putting up. I've heard the phrase, "I wouldn't conjure such a thing,"
meaning the speaker wouldn't think of (doing) such a thing or of someone
else doing such a thing.
That'll be two cents, please.
BU
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| 294.5 | Word search report | GOBLIN::MCVAY | Pete McVay, VRO (Telecomm) | Wed Jan 14 1987 12:53 | 10 |
| I examined the dictionaries in several local libraries, including "Mrs.
Byrnes' Dictionary of Obscure and Preposterous Words". (Obviously, I
have a dangerous amount of free time...) Some of the dictionaires were
quite massive and recently published, and some of them were 50 years
old--reflecting the budget of the library. The dictionaries were
published in both the U.S. and England (no, I don't have a list of
them!).
I couldn't locate the word in any of them, or even anything close
to it. I suspect "inconjurate" is an [extremely regional] colloquialism.
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