Talk:acerata
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Possibly Latin and not English. Also doesn't have a totally convincing definition. Equinox ◑ 23:34, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
- While the supporting quotation defines “acerata” as “sharpened”, its author re-defines it as “with steeled points” in a later version of the same text, also putting the term between scare quotes. Apparently he was himself unsure of the meaning of this term, which – judging from the surrounding text – he found in old texts dating back to the reign of Edward III, that is, 1327–1377. So that would make it Middle English anyway. I wonder if there is a relation with the word serrated, like an illiterate misspelling of “a serrated [arrowhead]” such as referred to here and offered for sale here. --Lambiam 01:29, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- Added a request for deletion. —Piparsveinn (talk) 22:52, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 19:02, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
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See Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English#acerata. If “acerata” is Middle English, we won't get a good entry for it without an expert and attestation elsewhere. I don't see any value in keeping this speculative entry. —Piparsveinn (talk) 22:50, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- First place, RFDs and RFVs should not run at the same time. Secondly, if it's an attested word, we should have an entry.--Prosfilaes (talk) 02:33, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- One attestation does not suffice. We are not even sure about what language this is (English? Middle English?) and what the term means (sharpened? with steeled points? serrated?). --Lambiam 08:49, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
- Middle English is a COM:LDL, and if it's Middle English, one attestation does suffice. In any case, attestation is a matter for RFV.--Prosfilaes (talk) 03:45, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
- The entry was deemed to have failed verification. --Lambiam 19:14, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Middle English is a COM:LDL, and if it's Middle English, one attestation does suffice. In any case, attestation is a matter for RFV.--Prosfilaes (talk) 03:45, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
- One attestation does not suffice. We are not even sure about what language this is (English? Middle English?) and what the term means (sharpened? with steeled points? serrated?). --Lambiam 08:49, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
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See Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English#acerata and #acerata. We are not even sure about what language this is (English? Middle English?) and what the term means (sharpened? with steeled points? serrated?). --Lambiam 09:22, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Keep as Translingual. It's not English. It is a taxonomic designation. Mycale acerata is a demosponge. Equinox ◑ 09:59, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Isn’t the Translingual epithet a use of Latin acerata? That has nothing to do with the English entry, the subject of this request. --Lambiam 21:08, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, you can read "keep as X" as "delete existing but move to X". For further details, please consult your recent low-level explanation of copy vs. rename. 🤔 Equinox ◑ 03:25, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
- More precisely, keep and move to Translingual, it's not a deletion matter. There are two or three species that have it. DonnanZ (talk) 11:45, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- I assume that “move” means, “replace
== English ==by== Translingual ==“. And then what? Keep the present definition? The definition “sharp? sharpened?” does not seem adequate for our little demosponge. I am not too sure about the present quotation either. --Lambiam 18:29, 4 November 2019 (UTC)- Looking at Latin aceratus it means "hornless", so if that is correct (I'm no student of Latin), I suspect "sharp" and "sharpened" are a wild guess. DonnanZ (talk) 19:45, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- As long as we are in the business of moving the entry, why not move it to Translingual serrata? --Lambiam 15:07, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- Looking at Latin aceratus it means "hornless", so if that is correct (I'm no student of Latin), I suspect "sharp" and "sharpened" are a wild guess. DonnanZ (talk) 19:45, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- I assume that “move” means, “replace
The entry was [Special:PermanentLink/58035416#acerata|deemed to have failed verification]. --Lambiam 19:17, 25 November 2019 (UTC)