abul-distof

Updated: June 22, 2025

There is no more reason why the sound 'hat' should mean the particular thing so called, which we put on our heads, than why 'abul-distof' should stand for 1520." "Oh, my dear child," said Mrs. Reding, "how you run on! Don't be paradoxical." "My dear mother," said Charles, coming round to the fire, "I don't want to be paradoxical; it's only a generalization."

John Henry Newman - Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert