In Rhyme's Reason, Hollander says Hecht INVENTED the form by himself, but that it was first PUBLISHED in collaboration with Hollander.
I consider higgledy-piggledy to be the ur-form, as it were. Wendy certainly did not invent it. Lewis Turco essays a couple of good ones in his Book of Forms. Both use higgledy-piggledy.
I noticed in a movie there was an actress called Stephanie Zimbalist. I don't know if she is well-known. Hamish McAllister is Lord Emsworth's gardener in the P.G. Wodehouse novels. Perhaps not really contemporary. A pity 'Monosyllabically' would do beautifully for him.
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