Skeat
Americannoun
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Coined by philologist Walter William Skeat in 1886, ghost words are often the result of misreadings and typographical errors.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021
Prof Walter Skeat, 19th-Century father of English etymology, thought at times that the word for a "loop" in a rope came from Celtic, at others that it was Scandinavian.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2016
Skeat retranslated the inked inscription on the mummy's chest wrappings, announced that the boy's name was Panechates, son of Hatres.
From Time Magazine Archive
Skeat, on sources of Chaucer's couplet, 178; theory of English verse, 394 n.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Paris has shown that the real date of the poem in question was 1340; the title quoted by Skeat is Tarbé's modern French caption.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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