Daily Word Quiz
CAPERATE a) to frown b) to claw or scratch with the hand or nails c) to defecate d) to castrate Answer below. Today's Featured Word: ORP NOUN a grouse, a complaint ...1957 Sc. VERB 1. to fret, to grumble, to murmur discontentedly, to complain in a peevish, nagging manner ...1725 Sc. 2. to complain from ill health, to be constantly ailing and sickly, not to thrive, to shrink, to shrivel ...1820 Sc. ETYMOLOGY of obscure origin FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1725 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Like dawted wean that tarries at its meat, That for some feckless whim will orp and greet" From: The Gentle Shepherd By: Allan Ramsay, 1725 Daily Word Quiz Answer CAPERATE a) to frown ...1623 obs.
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