Daily Word Quiz
COMPERENDINOUS a) jubilant or rejoicing b) important, full of consequence c) postponed, prolonged, delayed d) conceited, proud; pompous Answer below. Today's Featured Word: CHICKEN-PECKED ADJ. under the rule of a girl; governed by a child ...1786 humorous nonce word ETYMOLOGY from chicken a child + peck to show dominance over another in the establishment of a pecking order; as henpecked is under the rule of a woman FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1786 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...What am I the better for burying a jealous wife? To be chicken-peck'd is a new persecution, more provoking than the old one..." From: The Heiress; a Comedy By: John Burgoyne Daily Word Quiz Answer COMPERENDINOUS c) postponed, prolonged, delayed ...1730 obs.
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