Re: Joseph Smith the Conlanger?
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 14, 2005, 13:10 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Doug Dee <AmateurLinguist@A...> wrote:
>Maybe he did, but "delightsome" wasn't one of them. It occurs in
>the King James Version:
>Malachi 3:12 "And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall
>be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts."
According to the OED, the first recorded instance of "delightsome" is
in a poem by Dunbar, 1500-1520: "Delytsum lyllie of everie lustynes."
Charlie
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