English
abracadabrant
Abracadabrant comes from French abracadabrant ‘ludicrous, preposterous’, and goes back to abracadabra.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentabracadabra
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentabracadabrant‘ludicrous, preposterous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1890same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentabracadabra
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentabracadabrant‘ludicrous, preposterous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1890same form
Earliest quotation: 1890, Barbicane & Co.; or, The Purchase of the Pole: “Such was J. T. Maston. No wonder his colleagues…”
Every English word from French abracadabra
Today it means
adj ludicrous, preposterous
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French abracadabra / abracadabrant