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GWIDGY-GWEE a) a close female friend b) a female breast c) a small black spot caused by a pinch or bruise d) a small stone or pebble Today's Featured Word DISSIDY NOUN disagreement, difference, disharmony ...1657 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin dissidium (now held to be an error for discidium) from dissidere to disagree FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1657 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Yet barbarism in speech doth not so much move me, as their dissidy in the very thing..." From: A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick, Composed by the Illustrious Renodaeus. Chief Physician to the Monarch of France, Translated by: Richard Tomlinson of London, 1657 Daily Word Quiz Answer GWIDGY-GWEE c) a small black spot caused by a pinch or bruise ...1895 Eng. dial.
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