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notion

Postby William Hupy » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:15 am

While visiting my daughter in New Orleans I noticed an old store window advertising "notions." Yet the word notion from the Latin notionem means concept or idea. What are notions?
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Re: notion

Postby Perry Lassiter » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:27 pm

OEtymD: notions (n.)
"miscellaneous articles," 1805, American English, from notion with the idea of "clever invention."
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