Daily Word Quiz
MOGGANS a) tortoiseshell cats b) amulets to ward against evil c) odds and ends d) the legs Answer below. Today's Featured Word INDOCIBLE ADJ. 1. incapable of being taught or instructed; unteachable ...1555 obs. 2. disobediently stubborn ...1555 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin indocibilis unteachable or from in- + docible teachable FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1555 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Be not indocible lyke Tygers and dragons, and such other monsters noyous to man kynde." From: The Decades of the Newe Worlde or West India Conteynyng the Nauigations and Conquestes of the Spanyardes Written in Latin by: Peter Martyr of Angleria Translated by: Richard Eden, 1555 Daily Word Quiz Answer MOGGANS d) the legs ...1780 obs. exc. Sc.
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