Daily Word Quiz
SIMULACRIZE a) to mimic, to ape b) to pretend c) to use profane language, to swear d) to mutter, to mumble Answer below. Today's Featured Word: SUFFRAGATORY ADJ. exercising a right to vote ...1813 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin suffragatorius belonging to the support of a candidate FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1813 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...might deserve attention in France, when suffragatory institutions were to be solicited at the hands of pre-established power." From: The Monthly Magazine, 1813 "Extracts from the Portfolio of a Man of Letters" "Plumping at Elections" SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer SIMULACRIZE b) to pretend ...1845
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