Daily Word Quiz
FLAVICOMOUS a) abounding in flesh, fat, plump b) frolicsome, flighty c) having yellow hair d) showy but cheap, tawdry Answer below. Today's Featured Word SHRITCH NOUN a screech, a shriek ...1470-85 obs. VERB vb. to shriek, to screech ...a1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY parallel form to scritch (vb.) to screech, shriek; onomatopoeic FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1250 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "... þu schirchest & ȝollest to þine fere, þat hit is grislich to ihere" (You shriek and scream to your mate in a way that's horrible to listen to) From: The Owl and the Nightingale, a1250 Daily Word Quiz Answer FLAVICOMOUS c) having yellow hair ...1727 obs
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