Daily Word Quiz
SCRUMPLICATE
a) to indulge in an adulterous relationship
b) to rumple, to wrinkle
c) to grab by the scruff of the neck
d) to beat up, to thrash, to defeat
Answer below.
Today's Featured Word: BUBBLEABLE
ADJ.
capable of being duped, gullible ...1669 obs. rare
ETYMOLOGY
from bubble (vb.) to befool, to cheat, to humbug
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1669 - see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
"...if the winner be bubbleable, they will insinuate themselves
into his acquaintance, by applauding his success..."
From: The Nicker Nicked:
Or, The Cheats of Gaming Discovered
In: Harleian Miscellany
Daily Word Quiz Answer
SCRUMPLICATE d) to beat up, to thrash, to defeat ...L19 sl.
SCRUMPLICATE
a) to indulge in an adulterous relationship
b) to rumple, to wrinkle
c) to grab by the scruff of the neck
d) to beat up, to thrash, to defeat
Answer below.
Today's Featured Word: BUBBLEABLE
ADJ.
capable of being duped, gullible ...1669 obs. rare
ETYMOLOGY
from bubble (vb.) to befool, to cheat, to humbug
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1669 - see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
"...if the winner be bubbleable, they will insinuate themselves
into his acquaintance, by applauding his success..."
From: The Nicker Nicked:
Or, The Cheats of Gaming Discovered
In: Harleian Miscellany
Daily Word Quiz Answer
SCRUMPLICATE d) to beat up, to thrash, to defeat ...L19 sl.
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