From the Comments

Stan the Gummint Man akses this question regarding the previously mentioned official state word of Alabama:

Dear Mr. Language Possum,

How would one use "sonillaceous" in a sentence? Something like this?

Man, that Michael Moore gave one sonillaceous rant the other night.

Or is there some other meaning?

According to Robert Buttbertson's History of Alabama published in 1926, the official state word was adopted in 1834, and due to a clerical error, "sonillaceous" was inadvertantly inserted into the language of the bill in lieu of the intended word, "forudarial." It was voted upon and signed into law without the error being discovered until 1841.

The Secretary of Parliament at the time, Richard, Earl of Cahawba, explained the oversight as meaningless being that the words were roughly synonymous, but nonetheless, it did lead to the downfall of the Perthywaite government and the exile of several House of Commons members to the Western Territories.

Both forudarial and sonillaceous relate to "the state or nature of being treliarous." (Bennett's Compendium of Usage, 1876). In a sentence, one might say, "Have you seen the latest news? It is quite sonillaceous."

As always, we are happy to oblige all knowledge seekers.
posted by Terry at 10:54:00 AM