Daily Word Quiz
FLAP-SAUCE a) a very talkative person b) a glutton c) an argument, a dispute d) a dog that drools Answer below. Today's Featured Word: TOLERANTIAL ADJ. pert. to tolerance, tolerant ...1681 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin tolerantia tolerance + -al FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1681 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...till we have tried our Strength and Patience to the quick in sharp exercises of Vertue's other branch, the Tolerantial part..." From: Religio Clerici, 1681 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer FLAP-SAUCE b) a glutton ...1540 obs.
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