Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Acrasial philogamy

I have just come across a reference to philogamy in the OED

Interestingly – or curiously – if you search for philogamy you just get ‘no results’

But search for acrasial (as one does) & you find:

'Acrasial Philogamy? Brother Edward, what is that?’

‘That,’ replied Edward, ‘is an incurable malady to which young persons are subject.’

Which comes from a book called Margaret: A Tale by Sylvester Judd, originally published in 1845

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