Daily Word Quiz
QUABBLE a) confusion b) a fat-bellied person c) a duck d) one who drinks deeply Answer below. Today's Featured Word: HEAVISOME ADJ. of heavy mood, doleful, sad, dejected; dull, gloomy, dark ...1435 obs. exc. Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from Middle English hevisum = heavy (adj.) + -some FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1435 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Heuisum longyng of þis exile me castis downe" From: The Fire of Love Translated By: Richard Misyn, 1435 (Englished from Hampole's De Incendio Amoris) SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, James Halliwell, 1855 • A Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson, 1827 • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 • A Glossary of North Country Words, John Trotter Brockett, 1825 Daily Word Quiz Answer QUABBLE a) confusion ...1887 Eng. dial.
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