Daily Word Quiz
BLICKEN a) to expel snot from the nose b) to bribe, to give or take bribes c) to sulk, to mope, to be sullen d) to shine Answer below. Today's Featured Word ALTERATE ADJ. altered, changed ...c1450 obs. VERB to alter, to change ...c1475 obs. ETYMOLOGY from late Latin alteratus pa. pple. of alterare to alter FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1450 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Under smiling she was dissimulate, Provocative with blinkes amorous, And sodainly chaunged and alterate..." From: The Testament of Cresseid By: Robert Henryson, c1450 Daily Word Quiz Answer BLICKEN d) to shine ...19C Eng. dial.
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