luan78zao wrote:
Narrator wrote:
Interesting to see some leaning to proscribed definitions and those to more esoteric ones.
In my mind I like the esoteric, but in practice I gravitate to the proscribed because it's less stressful
Proscribed means 'forbidden' or 'prohibited'. Who is proscribing definitions and on what authority? Can you give an example of a proscribed definition?
Thanks for correcting me. Funny, it's a word I've used for years and only used its Latin parts for definition. Prescribed I've taken as "written before," like writing instructions before doing. Proscribed I took as meaning "written for" or "written about". So, correction gratefully received!
And yes.. prescribed would be the correct word.
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