2016 Postmortem

muriel_volestrangler

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8. It doesn't mean "hidden", it means "found" - from the French "trouver"

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 06:42 AM

Oct 2016

Oxford English Dictionary:

trove, n.
Short for treasure-trove n. (q.v.), in sense ‘a valuable find’. Hence, a source of treasure, a reserve or repository of valuable things.

treasure-trove, n.
Etymology: Originally two words, in Anglo-Norman tresor trové = Latin thesaurus inventus, in 15th cent. rendered in English tresoure founden, founde, found; in 16th cent. with the French form anglicized treasure trovey, trove, trouve

a. lit. treasure found (see b), i.e. anything of the nature of treasure which any one finds; spec. in English Law: Treasure (gold or silver, money, plate, or bullion) found hidden in the ground or other place, the owner of which is unknown.

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Does the use of the word "trove" bother anyone else? [View all] pat_k Oct 2016 OP

I can see how one could have a brain worm with that. Kick. fleabiscuit Oct 2016 #1

I think people are using it to mean "a lot" TrekLuver Oct 2016 #2

Yeah. I know. But it srikes me... pat_k Oct 2016 #3

I noticed it in a New York Times headline today. subterranean Oct 2016 #4

When I first noticed in relation to pat_k Oct 2016 #6

I commented on this earlier exboyfil Oct 2016 #5

Good to hear I'm not the only one. pat_k Oct 2016 #7

It doesn't mean "hidden", it means "found" - from the French "trouver" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2016 #8

"found hidden in ground or other place..." pat_k Oct 2016 #10

Of all the things MirrorAshes Oct 2016 #9

Thx pat_k Oct 2016 #11