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Thread #132499 Message #4074957
Posted By: Lighter
10-Oct-20 - 07:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
> Can people not understand that the word is 'mischievous' - meaning indulging in mischief - NOT indulging in 'mischeevy'?
Evidently not.
Oxford show they've been saying "mischievious" since before 1572.