Daily Word Quiz
DEBELLISH a) to scorn b) to rob of beauty; to disfigure c) to decrease, to wane d) to conceal, to hide Answer below. Today's Featured Word: PALLIARDIZE VERB 1. to fornicate ...1619 obs. 2. to be a procurer of ...1644 obs. NOTE: the noun PALLIARDISE (lewdness, fornication, lechery) was also spelled PALLIARDIZE in the 16th and early 17th centuries. ETYMOLOGY from palliard (n.) a lewd fellow, a lecher + -ize FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1619 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Charlemaigne, whose eldest daughter was found paillardising with one named Eginhard, his Secretary." From: The Treasurie of Auncient and Moderne Times (Times Storehouse etc.) Translated out of P. Mexia and F. Sansovino By: Thomas Milles, 1619 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer DEBELLISH b) to rob of beauty; to disfigure ...1610 obs.
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