knick-knackatorian
Dec. 18th, 2009 07:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordIt's Forgotten English Friday -- as well it should be, as I'm running out of calendar. Unless I get another, of course.
knick-knackatorian - "One who keeps a knick-knackatory; a dealer in knick-knacks. Knick-knackery, knick-knacks collectively. —Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1908
Nicknackitorian, a dealer in all manner of curiosities, such as Egyptian mummies, Indian implements, antique shields, helmets, &c. —[London's] Annual Register, 1802"
Somewhat to my surprise, knick-knackatory is in the current Webster's Unabridged.
(Now I want an Indian implement, whatever that is.)
---L.
knick-knackatorian - "One who keeps a knick-knackatory; a dealer in knick-knacks. Knick-knackery, knick-knacks collectively. —Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1908
Nicknackitorian, a dealer in all manner of curiosities, such as Egyptian mummies, Indian implements, antique shields, helmets, &c. —[London's] Annual Register, 1802"
Somewhat to my surprise, knick-knackatory is in the current Webster's Unabridged.
(Now I want an Indian implement, whatever that is.)
---L.
