Daily Word Quiz
THORN-BACK a) an old maid b) a hedgehog c) a harmless incompetent in public office d) a monstrous lie Answer below. Today's Featured Word: AWKLY ADJ. untoward, perverse ...1556 obs. ADVERB 1. in the wrong direction, backhanded or left-handed wise; hence, sinisterly, unluckily ...c1440 obs. 2. perversely, untowardly ...c1440 obs. 3. inauspiciously ...1565 obs. 4. in ungainly fashion, clumsily, awkwardly ...1603 obs. ETYMOLOGY from awk (adj.) + -ly FIRST DOCUMENTED USE Awkly or wrongly, sinistre From: Promptorium Parvulorum, c1440 EXAMPLE (for adv. 1) "...They (the Egyptians) write their letters awkelie (i.e. from right to left)." From: The Abridgment of the Histories of Trogus Pompeius, Collected and Wrytten in the Laten Tonge By: the famous historiographer Iustine Translated into English by: Arthur Goldyng, 1564 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer THORN-BACK a) an old maid ...17C Brit. sl.
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