Sir, I am anxious to ask in the interest of the English language why the word 'desight' is gibbeted by [sic] in the notice of 'Modern Broods' (Spectator, December 1st). It was marked in the proof, but I thought the objection was only that of a scrupulous 'reader' and I left it, having always used it, and heard it applied to a blemish or disfigurement, and I find it in the 1864 revision of [[otherbook:1117]Webster's ... continue reading