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Re:DNS over HTTPS by jfk13 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @07:43AM (#16167414)
> (As it happens, "performant" is at the stage where it is starting to pass those thresholds, and is now in the OED [2])

Strictly speaking, I don't believe your [2] is the OED. It's "Oxford Living Dictionaries", which I assume tries to be more current/dynamic, but might be regarded as less authoritative.

Interestingly, the word "performant" is in the OED itself, with the earliest citation being from 1809 -- but it is listed only as a noun, meaning "A person who performs a duty, ceremony, etc., a performer", not the adjectival usage under discussion here.

http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/262085?redirectedFrom=performa... (requires login)

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Re:DNS over HTTPS by zimpenfish on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:14AM (#16167585)
Would you prefer the dictionary from Cambridge University Press as a source?

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/performa...

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