Daily Word Quiz
NESCIENT a) ignorant, destitute of knowledge b) churlish, miserly c) neat, trim, well-dressed d) conceited, self-important Answer below. Today's Featured Word: TEATABELLICALLY ADVERB at the tea-table, in familiar conversation at tea ...1768 nonce word obs. ETYMOLOGY from tea-table FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1768 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...when I was a stripling the vast Pacific Ocean, commonly, yea, vulgarly, not to say, news-paperrically, nor yet, teatabellically, and moreover, among the speciallest species of ale-drinking..." From: The Light of Nature Pursued By: Abraham Tucker, 1768 Daily Word Quiz Answer NESCIENT a) ignorant, destitute of knowledge ...1626
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