skedule
English
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Etymology
From Old French cedule ( > French cédule), from Late Latin schedula (“papyrus strip”), diminutive of Latin scheda, from Ancient Greek σχέδη (skhédē, “papyrus leaf”).
Noun
skedule (plural skedules)
- Dated form of schedule.
- 1935, Friends' Intelligencer, Volume 92, Issues 27-52[1], Digitized edition, Pennsylvania State Univ., published 2010, page 567:
- The United States is the land of "skedule. ... I had only lived under "skedule" once before, and that for a short three weeks in tiny England. Now ... In the States, even a hero nervously clutches his "skedule" to heart or hip, as pockets determine.
- 1972, Lily Klasner, John Simpson Chisum, My Girlhood Among Outlaws[2], Univ. of Arizona Prss, →ISBN, page 277:
- Chisum says to the Sheriff I can make out a skedule of what I have.
- 2008, Edward Streeter, Dere Mable[3] (History), ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, page 6:
- At least theres more work on the skedule.
- 2009, Lelia Thornton Gentry, Chpt Dar Ga Chpt Da, Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters Daughters of the American Revolution[4], Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 165:
- nor has he any income other than that is contained in the skedule here […] Skedule of Property […]
- 2011, Ring Lardner, You Know Me All[5], Transactions Publishers, →ISBN, page 71:
- The league has its skedule meeting here to-morrow […]
Verb
skedule (third-person singular simple present skedules, present participle skeduling, simple past and past participle skeduled)
- Dated form of schedule.
- 1994, Black Congressional Monitor, Volumes 8-10[6], Digitized edition, Len Mor Publications, published 2011, page 39:
- The Request for Proposal (RFP) is skeduled for release in mid-July.
- 1999, Andrew Glassner, Recreational Computer Graphics[7], Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 245:
- […] since my Hairdresser can no longer claim that she was not aware of the Date for our Regularly Skeduled Appointments.
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Noun
skedule (plural skedules)