Daily Word Quiz
MEDITABUND a) talking loudly b) modest, chaste in habits c) absorbed in meditation; pensive, thoughtful d) drug intoxicated Answer below. Today's Featured Word: CLEMENTIOUS ADJ. mild and humane in the exercise of power or authority; merciful, lenient, kindly towards those in one's power ...1632 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin clementia mercy, clemency + -ous FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1632 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...and the clementious Ile-ruling Lady of Trapundy in Sicilia..." From: The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Adventures, and Painefull Peregrinations of Long Nineteene Yeares Travailes... By: William Lithgow, 1632 Daily Word Quiz Answer MEDITABUND c) absorbed in meditation; pensive, thoughtful ...1681 obs. rare
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