Word: shun
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Both misanthropic Seniors and "business men" now shun...
...become dooty, toon, bloo, etc. Past, fast, last, etc., invariably parst, farst, larst, only the r is not distinct. Whether he is right in saying demand, command, castle, example, I won't undertake to decide; he certainly has much authority on his side. Perhaps, however, the safest way to shun the extremities represented by the Western haff and laff and the Yankee's parst and larst is to follow the medio tutissimus ibis rule of Ovid...
...stars that shun...
...touch but of its mate to shun...
...shun me, Chloe, like the hind...