Re: Conlang book

D. Tse wrote:

>> > > Well, it could happen!  Lovecraft's rats were certainly running
around
>> > > _inside_ the walls......And last summer, _something_ took up
>> residence in
>> > > the wall near my computer.  Scratch scratch, bump, rustle.
>> > > Eldritch horror.
>> > >
>> >
>> >Eldritch? Is that a real word or is it a word that Terry
>> Pratchett invented?
>> >
>> >Imperative
>>
>> OED online edition, eldritch, a.
>>
>> Forms: 6 elrich(e, elritch(e, -risch(e, -rish, elraige, -rage,
>> alriche, 8-9
>> eldrich, (9 eltrich), 8-
>> eldritch. [Of obscure origin; connexion with ELF, conjectured by
Jamieson,
>> would be suitable for the sense, and is
>> supported by the form elphrish, app. the same word.]>>
>I stand corrected. Though Terry Pratchett does use it an awful lot>
So did Lovecraft.