Daily Word Quiz
EFFOCATE a) to dig out of the ground, to dig up b) to choke, to strangle c) to be disclosed or revealed d) to make cheerful and lively Answer below Today's Featured Word ROINOUS ADJ. 1. coarse, mean, paltry, base, nasty, contemptible ...c1366 obs. 2. covered with scale or scurf; scabby, scurvy ...1377 obs. ETYMOLOGY from old French roigneux, from Middle English roinous, roignous mangy, scabby FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1366 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The foule croked bowe hidous. That knotty was, and al roynous." From: The Romaunt of the Rose By: Geoffrey Chaucer, c1366 Daily Word Quiz Answer EFFOCATE b) to choke, to strangle ...1656 rare
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