"evangelical" and the OED
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Fri Jul 6 20:48:40 UTC 2012
At 7/6/2012 04:35 PM, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 04:26:16PM -0400, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > Is the OED a bit not up to date? It does not seem to have the sense
> > "marked by militant or crusading zeal" (as in the on-line Merriam
> > Webster), the notion of preaching (the truth) to others, proselytizing.
>
>No, it's not up to date, that's why we're revising it. But what about
>the sense "Eager to share one's enthusiasm with others; hortatory,
>proselytizing"? Seems to be close to "proselytizing" to me....
>
>Jesse Sheidlower
>OED
I only inquired, I did not carp! I apologize for not looking past
what I take as the end of definitions at "DERIVATIVES", and thus not
seeing that there is a "Draft additions 1993". But I now have two carps:
1) The revision date says only "Second edition, 1989; online version
June 2012", so I did not expect any "additions";
2) It's unfair to put them *after* Derivatives!
Joel
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