skedule

Alternative forms

• schedule

Etymology

From Old French cedule ( > French cédule), from Late Latin schedula (“papyrus strip”), diminutive of Latin scheda, from Ancient Greek σχέδη (skhédē, “papyrus leaf”)

Noun

skedule (plural skedules)

1. Simplified variant of schedule
   • 1935, Friends' Intelligencer, Volume 92, Issues 27-52‎, Digitized edition, Pennsylvania State Univ., published 2010, page 567:

     The United States is the land of "skedule. ... I had only lived under "skedule" once before, and that for a short three weeks in tiny England. Now ... In the States, even a hero nervously clutches his "skedule" to heart or hip, as pockets determine.

   • 1972, Lily Klasner, John Simpson Chisum, My Girlhood Among Outlaws‎, Univ. of Arizona Prss, →ISBN, page 277:

     Chisum says to the Sheriff I can make out a skedule of what I have.

   • 2008, Edward Streeter, Dere Mable‎ (History), ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, page 6:

     At least theres more work on the skedule.

   • 2009, Lelia Thornton Gentry, Chpt Dar Ga Chpt Da, Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters Daughters of the American Revolution‎, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 165:

     nor has he any income other than that is contained in the skedule here … Skedule of Property …

   • 2011, Ring Lardner, You Know Me All‎, Transactions Publishers, →ISBN, page 71:

     The league has its skedule meeting here to-morrow ...

Verb

skedule (third-person singular simple present skedules, present participle skeduleing, simple past and past participle skeduleed)

1. To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.
   • 1994, Black Congressional Monitor, Volumes 8-10‎, Digitized edition, Len Mor Publications, published 2011, page 39:

     The Request for Proposal (RFP) is skeduled for release in mid-July.

   • 1999, Andrew Glassner, Recreational Computer Graphics‎, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 245:

     … since my Hairdresser can no longer claim that she was not aware of the Date for our Regularly Skeduled Appointments.

Anagrams

• Luedkes

Noun

skedule (plural skedules)

1. Schedule.