Daily Word Quiz
DESIDIOUS a) spiteful, malevolent, malicious, cruel b) idle, lazy, slothful, negligent c) destructive, prone to destroy d) excellent; first-rate Answer below. Today's Featured Word PARASCEUASTIC ADJ. preparatory, preliminary ...1672 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Greek προκαταρκτικός paraskeuastikos, preparatory FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1672 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...touching the Latine and Greek and those other Learned Languages ... they are the Parasceuastick part of Learning." From: Hieragonisticon, Or, Corah's Doom By: D.T., 1672 Daily Word Quiz Answer DESIDIOUS b) idle, lazy, slothful, negligent ...a1540 obs.
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