Daily Word Quiz
MACTATE a) to spot, to stain b) to exasperate; to anger c) to kill or slay d) to cause to move more quickly; to urge, to press on Answer below. Today's Featured Word: BOWBERT also BOWBARD, BOWBART ADJ. lazy, inactive ...1513 Scot. obs. NOUN a sluggish fellow, a dull lout, an oaf ...1513 Scot. obs. ETYMOLOGY apparently from Old French bobert stupid fellow, lout FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1513 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Or fra thar hyve togyddir in a rowt Expellis the bowbart beist, the faynt drone be." From: Virgil's Aeneid Translated By: Gavin Douglas, 1513 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-188 • An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, John Jamieson, 1879-1887 Daily Word Quiz Answer MACTATE c) to kill or slay ...1623 obs.
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