Daily Word Quiz
JABONGOES a) the female breasts b) testicles c) money d) hornless cows Answer below. Today's Featured Word: ORARIAN ADJ. dwelling on the coast, living by the seashore ...1870 rare NOUN a dweller on the seashore ...1870 rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin orarius belonging to the coast, from ora border, coast + -an FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1870 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The three tribes of Innuits, Aleutians, and Asiatic Eskimo; ...Mr. Dall proposes to confer on them the generic appellation of Orarian, dwellers by the sea-shore." From: Pall Mall Gazette, 1870 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer JABONGOES a) the female breasts ...1960s US sl.
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