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JABONGOES a) the female breasts b) testicles c) money d) hornless cows Answer below. Today's Featured Word: ORARIAN ADJ. dwelling on the coast, living by the seashore ...1870 rare NOUN a dweller on the seashore ...1870 rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin orarius belonging to the coast, from ora border, coast + -an FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1870 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The three tribes of Innuits, Aleutians, and Asiatic Eskimo; ...Mr. Dall proposes to confer on them the generic appellation of Orarian, dwellers by the sea-shore." From: Pall Mall Gazette, 1870 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer JABONGOES a) the female breasts ...1960s US sl.
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Daily Word Quiz
UBIQUE a) extremely small, useless b) horrid, loathsome c) everywhere d) unique Answer below. Today's Featured Word: INCOCTIBLE ADJ. indigestible ...1684 obs. ETYMOLOGY from in- + coctible, from coctibilis easy to be baked, easy of digestion FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1684 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The Flower remains crude, incoctible, and insuperable." From: Translation of Bonet's Mercurius Compitalitius, 1684 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer UBIQUE c) everywhere ...1709 |
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