Daily Word Quiz
THRASONICAL a) given to bragging, boasting b) eager, enthusiastic c) promiscuous, wanton, loose d) easily upset or agitated Answer below. Today's Featured Word CREABLE ADJ. 1. easy to believe, credible ...1480 obs. 2. that may be created or produced ...a1656 obs. ETYMOLOGY adj. 1 from Old French creable credible, now croyable adj. 2. from Latin creabilis from creare to create FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1480 - see Example below EXAMPLE "......entendement how this fable is creable." From: The Booke of Ovyde Named Methamorphose By: William Caxton, 1480 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888 • Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Porter, 1895 Daily Word Quiz Answer THRASONICAL a) given to bragging, boasting; exhibiting ostentation ...1564
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