Daily Word Quiz
RALPH LYNN a) gin b) a male goat c) a practical joke d) crack cocaine Answer below. Today's Featured Word: MISOGAMIC ADJ. marriage-hating ...1803 rare ETYMOLOGY from modern Latin misogamia from Greek misogamos hating marriage FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1803 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...the prejudices of education, and some leaning (natural enough in a bachelor) towards the misogamic doctrines of Malthus..." From: The Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity By: John Dawson, 1803 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer RALPH LYNN a) gin ...1920s rhyming sl.
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