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  1. n. A theory that some modern or attested language, such as Dutch, Turkish, or Hebrew, was the original language of mankind.
  2. n. An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a theory.

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  1. Johannes Goropius Becanus proposed such a theory, in which Brabantic, a Dutch dialect, was the language spoken in Paradise. (Wiktionary)

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  • deinonychus I didn't know how much I needed this word until I saw it! So, would a person who invents these absurd etymologies be a goropist? Jan 14, 2013

  • bilby I like the second definition and that there's a better term for absurd etymologies than absurd etymologies. Jan 14, 2013

  • ruzuzu Thanks for providing it! Jan 14, 2013

  • hernesheir Glad you picked up on the Leibniz connection so quickly, ruzuzu. Jan 14, 2013

  • ruzuzu Totally ridiculous. Everybody knows the original language was Latvian. Jan 14, 2013

  • hernesheir Goropism, coined by Leibniz. Also Goropianism, after the dutch armchair linguist Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519-1572), who posited that the Brabantic language spoken in the vicinity of Antwerp was the original language from which all others evolved. Jan 14, 2013

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