Just a wee note to say I'm still around. I had a wee incident which resulted in some injuries. One arm is in a sling, and one knee has stitches. So I'm not exactly in great keyboard typing condition at the moment! But I hope to get back to it real soon. Lots and lots of words to still do! Cheers!
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Daily Word Quiz AWHAPE a) to endure, to put up with b) to commit adultery c) to listen, to take heed d) to amaze, to stupefy with fear Answer below Today's Featured Word DERNFUL ADJ. sorrowful, mournful, dreary, gloomy, depressing ...c1591 obs. ETYMOLOGY from dern (n.) darkness + -ful FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1591 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The birds of ill presage this lacklesse chance foretold, By dernfull noise, and dogs with howling made man deeme..." From: The Mourning Muse of Thestylis By: Lodowick Bryskett, c1591 Daily Word Quiz Answer AWHAPE d) to amaze, to stupefy with fear ...c1300 obs. Daily Word Quiz
VAPULATE a) to see, to look, to observe b) to beat or strike c) to vomit d) to soil, to defile Today's Featured Word USTORIOUS ADJ. characterized by the faculty or power of burning; able to be burnt; combustible ...1724 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin ustus pa. pple. of urere to burn + -orious FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1724 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...It is by an ustorious Quality in the Mirrour or Glass, and by a cleaving power in the Wedge, arising from a certain unknown substantial Form in them..." From: Logick: or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth By: Isaac Watts, 1724 Daily Word Quiz Answer VAPULATE b) to beat or strike ...1603 rare Daily Word Quiz
SWASIVIOUS a) agreeably persuasive b) pretentiously stylish; elegant c) fierce, savage, violent, ill-tempered d) speaking proudly or haughtily Answer here Today's Featured Word RIDDLEMY RIDDLEMY NOUN unintelligible language, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense ...1641 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from a fanciful formation of 'riddle me a riddle', or 'riddle my riddle', etc. FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1641 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Hea I would be drunk A thousand times to bed, rather than dream Of any of their Riddlemy Riddlemies. If they prove happy so: If not, let't go; From: A Joviall Crew, Or, The Merry Beggars By: Richard Brome, 1641 Daily Word Quiz Answer SWASIVIOUS a) agreeably persuasive ...1592 obs. rare Daily Word Quiz
OGGLE a) to see, to watch, to spy b) to shudder or quiver for fear c) to injure or destroy by treading d) to irritate, to annoy Answer below. Today's Featured Word JINNIPROUS also JINIPPEROUS, JINNIPEROUS ADJ. spruce, trim; finical, over-particular ...1825 Sc. ETYMOLOGY the form suggests derived from English juniper, either from the tree's compact habit or the use of its berries as a flavouring or a disinfectant FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1825 - Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language JINIPPEROUS adj. Spruce, trim, stiff. Aberd. EXAMPLE "...Sir Simon canna turn oot ane wi' a mair jinniprous heidpiece..." From: Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk By: William Alexander, 1871 Daily Word Quiz Answer OGGLE b) to shudder or quiver for fear ...c1450 obs. rare Daily Word Quiz
HAWBAW a) an oboe b) a hawthorn tree c) a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout d) a loud or boisterous laugh Answer below. Today's Featured Word FLEWSEY ADJ. soft and fluffy ...1711 obs. ETYMOLOGY from flew, flue fluff FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1711 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...its flewsey Heads grow in round clusters with elegant feathered Seed." From: Philosophical Transactions, Vol. XXVII, 1711 Daily Word Quiz Answer HAWBAW c) a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout ...1872 Eng. dial. Daily Word Quiz
ROOSTERED a) exhausted, worn-out b) angry, raging c) deceived, tricked d) drunk Today's Featured Word COXCOMB-BIRD NOUN a parrot ...1732 obs. ETYMOLOGY from coxcomb + bird FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1732 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Some gen'ral Maxims, or be right by Chance. The coxcomb bird, so talkative and grave That from his Cage cries Cuckold, Whore and Knave..." From: An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Cobham By: Alexander Pope, 1732 Daily Word Quiz Answer ROOSTERED d) drunk ...20C sl. Daily Word Quiz
QUODLIBETIFICATE a) to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby b) of water: to make a noise in boiling c) to pry, to try to find out d) to deal quibblingly with Answer below Today's Featured Word PROBANT ADJ. proving, demonstrating, convincing ...1908 rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin probantem pr. pple. of probare to prove FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1908 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The true probant force of interior experience regarding the existence of God." From: The Month: an Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science, and Art, Jan., 1908 Daily Word Quiz Answer QUODLIBETIFICATE d) to deal quibblingly with ...1743 obs. Daily Word Quiz
MAXIMIOUS a) nauseous, disgusting b) of great power c) plentiful, over-abundant d) tiring, fatiguing Today's Featured Word NIDORULENT ADJ. of smells: of a strong and unpleasant nature ...1634 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from nidor a strong smell or odour + -ulent FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1634 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...that Countrie-men doe very well digest Beefe and Bacon, which commonly they use; but will turne into nidorulent vapours, Partridge, Capons, ..." From: An Introduction or Compendious Way to Chyrurgerie By: Ambroise Pare, 1634 Daily Word Quiz Answer MAXIMIOUS b) of great power ...c1566 Daily Word Quiz
KNAPPISH a) short in stature b) rudely abrupt or forward; testy, spiteful c) given to falsehoods d) silly-looking, foolish Answer Below Today's Featured Word IMPREJUDICATE ADJ. unprejudiced ...1640 obs. ETYMOLOGY from im- + prejudicate biased, prejudiced FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1640 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...to the ful satisfaction of the whole world of free and imprejudicat mindes." From: The Canterburians Self-Conviction By: Robert Baillie, 1640 Daily Word Quiz Answer KNAPPISH b) rudely abrupt or forward; testy, spiteful ...1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial. Daily Word Quiz
CURGLAFF a) the shock felt when one first plunges into cold water b) a slide on the ice on the buttocks c) a mess, disorder d) the cone of a pine or fir tree Answer Below Today's Featured Word SPOUSE-BREACH NOUN 1. adultery ...a1225 obs. 2. an adulterer ...c1315 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from spouse (n.) + -breach FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1225 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...one Bersabee spus bruche þe lefdi he lokede on...: (adultery with Bathsheba, the lady upon whom he looked...) From: The Ancren Riwle A Treatise on the Rules and Duties of Monastic Life (a1225) Daily Word Quiz Answer CURGLAFF a) the shock felt when one first plunges into cold water ...1825 Sc. obs. Daily Word Quiz
TIDDYWHOPPER a) a log floating in coastal waters b) a present given by a guest to the host c) a bag for scraps, odds and ends, etc. d) an untruth, a falsehood Answer below Today's Featured Word MILLIONOUS ADJ. numbered by the million; counted in millions ...1666 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from million + -ous FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1666 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...for they arrive in millionous multitudes in Mary-Land about the middle of September..." From: A Character of the Province of Maryland By: George Alsop, 1666 Daily Word Quiz Answer TIDDYWHOPPER d) an untruth, a falsehood ...B1900 Eng. dial. obs. Daily Word Quiz
PIGRITIOUS a) slothful b) pawned c) filthy, dirty d) avaricious, greedy Today's Featured Word HEELIEGOLEERIE also HEELIGLEERIE, HELDIGOLEERY, HILDEGALEERIE, HILLIEGILEERIE, HULLYGOLEERIE ADV. topsy-turvy, in a state of confusion, higgledy-piggledy ...1808 Sc. NOUN confusion, hubbub, noise, a to-do, bustle ...1819 Sc. ETYMOLOGY apparently a fanciful formation originally from a children's action rhyme, with influence from similar words like haligo-mary, hullabaloo, whigmaleerie, bummeleerie, etc. FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1808 - Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, By: John Jamieson Heeliegoleerie, adv. topsy-turvy EXAMPLE "...And barley-pickles flee round and round Hilliegileerie 'mang the bree." From: Papistry Storm'd By: William Tennant, 1827 Daily Word Quiz Answer PIGRITIOUS a) slothful ...1638 obs. rare Daily Word Quiz
MOEY a) a pendant earring b) a cat c) the face; the mouth d) a drop of mucus hanging from the nose Today's Featured Word ENORMITAN NOUN one who deviates from normal standards of behaviour; one who behaves extravagantly ...1654 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from enormity (n.) something that is abnormal; an irregularity, extravagance + -an FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1654 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...What St. Augustine said of some Enormitans in his time, is no less true of ours..." From: The Reign of King Charles By: Hamon L'Estrange, 1654 Daily Word Quiz Answer MOEY c) the face; the mouth ...1859 sl. |
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