Daily Word Quiz
SACRIPANT a) a contemptible person b) one whose greediness grudges others their food c) an illiterate priest of low status d) a boastful pretender to valour Answer below. Today's Featured Word: IRRECURED ADJ. incurable, beyond cure or remedy ...1598 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from ir- + recured pa. pple. of recure to heal, to cure FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1598 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...As Mandrakes cry a passer doth amate, Striking his soule with irrecured wound..." From: Thule, Or, Vertues Historie By: Francis Rous, 1598 Daily Word Quiz Answer SACRIPANT d) a boastful pretender to valour ...1830 rare
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