Daily Word Quiz
BARNYARD SALAD a) steak and eggs b) mud, mire c) petting zoo d) manure Answer below. Today's Featured Word: BRAVASHING ADJ. boasting, swaggering, blustering ...1652 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from French bravache a swaggerer from Italian bravaccio bully FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1652 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...which he did do with such a height of spirit, and in such a lofty and bravashing humour, that..." From: The Jewel By: Thomas Urquhart, 1652 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer BARNYARD SALAD d) manure ...1968 Amer. dial
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