Daily Word Quiz
IMPERDIBLE a) impudent, saucy b) not capable of being lost or destroyed c) characterized by imperfection, imperfect d) unskilled, ignorant Answer below. Today's Featured Word PARVANIMITY NOUN smallness of mind, meanness, narrow-mindedness; also, an instance of this, or a person characterized by it ...a1691 ETYMOLOGY from Latin parvus small + animus mind: a suggested antithesis to magnanimity FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1691 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...They will justly esteem your parvanimity so great that you deserve derision for so poorly fearing it." From: A Discourse Against Customary Swearing By: Robert Boyle, a1691 Daily Word Quiz Answer IMPERDIBLE b) not capable of being lost or destroyed ...1661 obs. rare
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