Seems to be a hapax legomenon https://www.oed.com/dictionary/xylopolist_n "OED's... | Hacker News

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fittingopposite 20 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How many of the 170k English words do you know?

Seems to be a hapax legomenon https://www.oed.com/dictionary/xylopolist_n "OED's only evidence for xylopolist is from 1656, in the writing of Thomas Blount, antiquary and lexicographer."

pclmulqdq 20 days ago [–]

That test had several hapax legomena on it, so it would make sense.

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