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Although '''<strike>anathemised</strike>''' has been seen in print, as well as in students’ writing, it is not recorded in the second edition of ''[[OED]]''. This is strong evidence that it is not a good word. | Although '''<strike>anathemised</strike>''' has been seen in print, as well as in students’ writing, it is not recorded in the second edition of ''[[OED]]''. This is strong evidence that it is not a good word. | ||
| − | Use the traditional '''anathematised''' instead. (It derives from ''[[anathema]]'', which is a [[Greek]] word for ‘a curse’, or the expression of a desire that God may abandon the person cursed. Nowadays, '''anathematise''' has lost much of its religious meaning. It usually means a strong expression of disgust or disagreement, often leading to such proposals as one to expel the offender from the association, club, party etc to which both the person offended and the offender belong. The [[plural]] of the Greek word, [[anathemata]], means ‘a collection of curses’.) | + | Use the traditional '''anathematised''' instead. (It derives from the [[plural]]'' in its original language of [[anathema]]'', which is a [[Greek]] word for ‘a curse’, or the expression of a desire that God may abandon the person cursed. (The plural is ''anathemata'']].) Nowadays, '''anathematise''' has lost much of its religious meaning. It usually means a strong expression of disgust or disagreement, often leading to such proposals as one to expel the offender from the association, club, party etc to which both the person offended and the offender belong. The [[plural]] of the Greek word, [[anathemata]], means ‘a collection of curses’.) |
'''<strike>Anathemised</strike>''' is just '''anathematised''' with a [[syllable]] left out, through either ignorance or laziness. If you want to be considered a good student, try to avoid your tutor’s [[anathemata]], by being neither ignorant nor lazy. | '''<strike>Anathemised</strike>''' is just '''anathematised''' with a [[syllable]] left out, through either ignorance or laziness. If you want to be considered a good student, try to avoid your tutor’s [[anathemata]], by being neither ignorant nor lazy. | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 14 September 2007
Although anathemised has been seen in print, as well as in students’ writing, it is not recorded in the second edition of OED. This is strong evidence that it is not a good word.
Use the traditional anathematised instead. (It derives from the plural in its original language of anathema, which is a Greek word for ‘a curse’, or the expression of a desire that God may abandon the person cursed. (The plural is anathemata]].) Nowadays, anathematise has lost much of its religious meaning. It usually means a strong expression of disgust or disagreement, often leading to such proposals as one to expel the offender from the association, club, party etc to which both the person offended and the offender belong. The plural of the Greek word, anathemata, means ‘a collection of curses’.)
Anathemised is just anathematised with a syllable left out, through either ignorance or laziness. If you want to be considered a good student, try to avoid your tutor’s anathemata, by being neither ignorant nor lazy.
