Daily Word Quiz
SOW DRAGON'S TEETH a) to cause contention; to stir up trouble, strife, or war b) to sow one's wild oats, to commit youthful excesses c) to woo a person d) to say something important and true Answer below. Today's Featured Word: VERBOSIOUS ADJ. verbose, long-winded ...1676 obs. ETYMOLOGY from verbose + -ocious FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1676 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...for among all the Verbosious Graecians there is not one compleat Tract upon this Subject only." From: King Solomon's Portraiture of Old Age By: John Smith, 1676 Daily Word Quiz Answer SOW DRAGON'S TEETH a) to cause contention; to stir up trouble, strife, or war ...1850
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