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ALL WITNESSES ↗PERMANENT ATTESTATION RECORDWITNESS / 69
OBJECT
BEFORE
CLAIM.
THE PRIMARY OBJECT WAS NOT CHECKED.
The lexicographic first-use report was reviewed; no underlying 1777 object or facsimile was identified or directly inspected in this tranche.
Present-Day English1777established
taboo
English lexicographic first-use record for taboo
“1777”
- WITNESS TYPE
- Lexicographic first-use report
- YEAR
- 1777
- LOCATOR
- First Known Use
- REPOSITORY
- Not recorded
- SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
- Not recorded
- FACSIMILE
- Not linked
- DIRECT INSPECTION
- No
- CONFIDENCE
- established
WORD DOSSIERtaboo ↗
CANONICAL FORM NODENODE 324 ↗
01
BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE
THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM
- TITLE
- Taboo — Word History
- AUTHOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- CITATION KEY
- mw-taboo