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provivial
I deleted this page for a couple reasons. 1) wikipedia is not a dictionary, and 2) I can find no evidence that this is even a real word. What is your source for this information? Friday (talk) 14:31, 12 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Provivial is a word I found in my 1942 Webster’s Dictionary directly under the word, "Vive." Then I found a book titled, "Provivial."  Inside the book I found a definition similar to the definition in the dictionary.  The book simply has a more (up to date) meaning, so I posted it.  To take it one step further, I work at the Library of Congress and the word, “Provivial” comes up under the Apex word search and has an Open Use Copyright.  It further says that “Provivial” is a clinical term that was sometimes used in psychology during the late 19th century.  “Psychology” is defined by Wikipedia, so why not, “Provivial.”  I think it’s kind of interesting.


 * (I copied your reply here- it was posted as though it was an article, which it is not.) So, if there's a book that has been good significant coverage in good sources, we can have an article on the book.  It's still unclear to me that this is a word at all.  If it were jargon that's outdated, this may explain why it's not in any dictionary I can find.  For what it's worth, I can find no evidence that "vive" is a word either, except as in the French phrase, "vive la difference".  Friday (talk) 17:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Are you talking about the book Provivial by Ian Ray? I can find some evidence it exists.. however it appears to be an autobiography published by a vanity press. This means the book is not likely to be a suitable topic here. At any rate, if there is a suitable topic somewhere related to this, the article still needs to be more than a dictionary definition. Friday (talk) 17:18, 12 August 2009 (UTC)