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"NIDGERIES, (Nigauderie, Niaiseries, F.) Fopperies, Fooleries, Trifles."

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"NIDGET, (Nigaude, F.) a Ninny or meer Fool"

(Source: Nathan Bailey, Universal etymological English dictionary, 1724, not paginated)

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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"Equiparates, (Lat. in Logick) things compared, or made equal.
Equipollence, another Logical Term us'd, when several Propositions signify one and the same thing, tho' they express it after different manners; as some Man is Learned, not every Man is Learned.
Equipollent, being of equal Force, Value, or Signification."

Source: Edward Phillips, The new world of words, 6th ed, 1706, not paginated.

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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"Mish-topper, c. a Coat.
Mishering, Miskering, as Abishering, Miskenhing, (Misunderstanding) erroneous Proceeding, also verying ones Speech in Court."

Source: Elisha Coles, An English Dictionary, 1717, not paginated.

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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"To Nuddle along, to go carelessly and in haste."

Source: John Kersey, A New English Dictionary, 1713, not paginated.

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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1 hour ago, Mission said:

"NIDGERIES, (Nigauderie, Niaiseries, F.) Fopperies, Fooleries, Trifles."

also

"NIDGET, (Nigaude, F.) a Ninny or meer Fool"

(Source: Nathan Bailey, Universal etymological English dictionary, 1724, not paginated)

Nidget to be added to my vocabulary, immediately. 😊😄

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22 hours ago, Mission said:

"Equiparates, (Lat. in Logick) things compared, or made equal.
Equipollence, another Logical Term us'd, when several Propositions signify one and the same thing, tho' they express it after different manners; as some Man is Learned, not every Man is Learned.
Equipollent, being of equal Force, Value, or Signification."

Source: Edward Phillips, The new world of words, 6th ed, 1706, not paginated.

Equipollence and equipollent are used in physics quite a bit. :D

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"Eruviæ, (Lat.) Cloaths put, or left off; Spoils taken from an Enemy, Pillage, Booty: Also the Skin, Fell, or Hide of a Beast; the Slough or old cast Skin of a Snake or Adder: The Word is also us'd by some modern Naturalists, for those Shells, and other Bodies that are often found in the Bowels of the Earth, and which were left there at the Universal Deluge; being properly so call'd, because they are the real Spoils of once Living-Creatures."

Source: Edward Phillips, The new world of words, 6th ed, 1706, not paginated.

There's a word that does a lot of work. (Bet you don't use that one in physics.)

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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