RFV discussion: January–April 2017 edit

 

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A RfV for the two pejorative senses. Personally, I have never heard it being used in a pejorative way, but only in historical or endearing ways, so thought to put it forward for a RfV. 90.197.135.254 13:28, 4 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

Here, here (same author), here, here, here and here. All for sense 3, which is extremely easy to find on Google Books. Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 15:02, 4 January 2017 (UTC)Reply
I removed the tag on the entry, replacing it with sense tags for the 2 pejorative meaning in question Leasnam (talk) 17:04, 4 January 2017 (UTC)Reply
Here are some attestations for the pejorative sense 2: [1], [2], [3] (in these texts deerne does not seem archaic or affectionate, and slightly pejorative, but it doesn't go as far as sense 3). Less clear is [4], it could also mean "maidservant" or "rural/common girl" there. (Not CFI-compliant attestations: [5], [6]) Also see the WNT on this, sense 5. Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 12:40, 16 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
RFV-passed based on those citations. - -sche (discuss) 03:16, 8 April 2017 (UTC)Reply


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