Daily Word Quiz
QUOCK a) to waddle b) to work as a prostitute c) to make a noise like a duck, to quack d) to vomit Answer below. Today's Featured Word: VOLPONE NOUN a cunning schemer or miser; a hoarder of wealth ...1710 obs. ETYMOLOGY the name of the chief character in Ben Jonson's play, "Volpone, or The Fox" from Italian volpone a crafty old fox, from volpe fox FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1710 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...In what moving and lively Colours does the Holy Psalmist paint out the crafty Insiduousness of such wilely Volpones?" From: The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, Before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, 1710 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer QUOCK d) to vomit ...B1900 Eng. dial.
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