12.01.2011
A Word With a Higher, Certainly Broader, Meaning Than It Appears: “Crotcheteer”
“One who fixes the mind too exclusively on one subject.One given to some favorite crochet or hobby.”
— Daniel Lyons’ Dictionary of the English Language, 1898
(Editor’s Note: A “crotchet” is an “odd, whimsical or perverse notion.” Hence the word ” crotchety” — someone with a lot of crotchets.)
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