And maybe—just maybe—that’s the most perfect word of all. Alex P. Kelton is a freelance linguist and author of “The Alphabet’s Attic: Forgotten Words and the People Who Love Them.”
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The only legitimate candidate in standard English is a stretch: . And maybe—just maybe—that’s the most perfect word of