Talk:cloze
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Waldir in topic Etymology
Noun or adjective?
editUser:Paul G, you mentioned in your note that you thought this might be a proper noun. Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster say it is an adjective, Scrabble.com says it is a noun (the Scrabble officials happen to be quite intent on keeping proper nouns out of the Scrabble Dictionary).— This unsigned comment was added by Adam Katz (talk • contribs) at 10:59, 17 November 2004.
- The plural "clozes" can be found, so it's a noun. As an adjective, it would be attributive use of the noun, like "tractor" in "tractor parts"; it's not comparable or anything. Equinox ◑ 05:42, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
Etymology
editWikipedia article Cloze test says that "the word cloze is derived from closure in Gestalt theory". EtymOnline also lists "closure" as the origin. So if nobody objects, I will change the etymology section to mention this origin instead of the current one ("From close, with s changed to the phonetically identical z."). --Waldir (talk) 09:13, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
- Done. --Waldir (talk) 14:55, 18 December 2016 (UTC)