Daily Word Quiz
TURN ON THE MAIN a) to hurry, to move hastily b) to begin, to commence c) to run away, to leave quickly d) to begin to weep copiously Answer below. Today's Featured Word: FIZZLER NOUN 1. one who breaks wind without noise ...1582 obs. 2. a defective firecracker that burns with a hissing sound; one that fails to go off ...c1960 Amer. dial. ETYMOLOGY from fizzle to break wind without noise (obs.) from fise a 'small windy escape backwards' FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1582 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Hearon was demawnded what was a fyzeler and why privy taleberers wer cauled fyzelers. To this was answered that as he which fyzeleth doth stink worse than a playn farter and doth also lead many into suspition because yt is not knoen whence the fyrst [stench] cometh..." From: Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library Fenton's Voyage, 1582 Daily Word Quiz Answer TURN ON THE MAIN d) to begin to weep copiously ...1837
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