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I've had a wonderful holiday break, and will be back in the New Year with lots more words! Warm wishes to you and yours for a bright and prosperous New Year! Cheers! 
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Daily Word Quiz
FAMBLE-CHEAT a) a glove b) a handkerchief c) an apron d) a ewe Answer below. Today's Featured Word: CONCERTATION NOUN contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin concertationem, from concertare to strive, to contend, or dispute together FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1509 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...A concertation or striuing betweene vertue and voluptuositie..." From: The Shyp of Folys of the Worlde By: Sebastian Brant Translated by: Alexander Barclay, 1509 Daily Word Quiz Answer FAMBLE-CHEAT a) a glove ...1692 sl. obs Daily Word Quiz
BLESILOQUENT a) speaking with joy b) uttering few words c) speaking with a stammer d) talking craftily Answer below. Today's Featured Word: ADVERSANT ADJ. opposing oneself, opposing; adverse, hostile to ...a1420 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Middle French adversant, pr. pple. of adverser, averser to oppose from Latin adversantem, pr. pple. of adversari to oppose oneself to FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1420 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Let hange aboute in dyvers places rewe, And bestes adversaunt hem wol eschewe." From: Palladius on Husbondrie, a1420 Daily Word Quiz Answer BLESILOQUENT c) speaking with a stammer ...1656 obs. Daily Word Quiz
SCRUMPLICATE a) to indulge in an adulterous relationship b) to rumple, to wrinkle c) to grab by the scruff of the neck d) to beat up, to thrash, to defeat Answer below. Today's Featured Word: BUBBLEABLE ADJ. capable of being duped, gullible ...1669 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from bubble (vb.) to befool, to cheat, to humbug FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1669 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...if the winner be bubbleable, they will insinuate themselves into his acquaintance, by applauding his success..." From: The Nicker Nicked: Or, The Cheats of Gaming Discovered In: Harleian Miscellany Daily Word Quiz Answer SCRUMPLICATE d) to beat up, to thrash, to defeat ...L19 sl. Daily Word Quiz
CYNOPHILIST a) a collector of teddy bears b) one who is fond of forest scenery c) a lover of dogs d) one who appreciates wine Answer below. Today's Featured Word: ROUTINARITY NOUN tendency to routine ...1868 nonce word ETYMOLOGY from routine + -ary + -ity FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1868 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Now, if the Turks by their apathy, or their stupidity, or selfishness, or routinarity, or Porte-cockneyism, if I may use the terms..." From: A Selection from the Writings of Viscount Strangford Daily Word Quiz Answer CYNOPHILIST c) a lover of dogs ...1890 Daily Word Quiz
PYRGOPOLINIZE a) to swagger, to hector b) to interfere in someone's business c) to do something tactless, to blunder d) to affect airs Answer below. Today's Featured Word: NESCIENCE NOUN lack of knowledge, ignorance ...1612 ETYMOLOGY from late Latin nescientia ignorance, from nesciens not knowing, being ignorant of FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1612 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...I can yet adde many more needfull particulars, which the Author hath in his nescience omitted..." From: The Surgeon's Mate Or Military and Domestique Surgery By: John Woodall, 1612 Daily Word Quiz Answer PYRGOPOLINIZE a) to swagger, to hector ...1605 nonce word obs. Daily Word Quiz
LURRIES a) clothes, garments b) the female breasts c) the kidneys d) the male genitals Answer below. Today's Featured Word: TRANQUILLITATE VERB to render tranquil, to calm, to soothe, to mitigate, to alleviate ...1657 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin tranquillitatem from tranquillus quiet, calm, tranquil FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1657 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Theriack complects all antidotes, which either by assumption or admotion tranquillitate diseases..." From: A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick Composed by the Illustrious Renodæus, Chief Physician to the Monarch of France, and now Englished and Revised, By: Richard Tomlinson of London, Apothecary, 1657 Daily Word Quiz Answer LURRIES a) clothes, garments ...1676 sl. obs. Daily Word Quiz
DANDIPRAT a) a vain woman, one conceited of her personal appearance b) a bantam fowl c) a small, insignificant, or contemptible fellow d) a dandelion Answer below. Today's Featured Word: MONARCHOMACHIST NOUN one who fights against monarchy; an anti-monarchist ...1639 obs. ETYMOLOGY from modern Latin monarchomachus, from monarcha monarch + machus one who fights + -ist FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1639 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...That assertion of the Monarchomachists is not alwaies true." From: The Ungirding of the Scottish Armour By: John Corbet, 1639 Daily Word Quiz Answer DANDIPRAT c) a small, insignificant, or contemptible fellow ...1556 obs. Daily Word Quiz
TURN ON THE MAIN a) to hurry, to move hastily b) to begin, to commence c) to run away, to leave quickly d) to begin to weep copiously Answer below. Today's Featured Word: FIZZLER NOUN 1. one who breaks wind without noise ...1582 obs. 2. a defective firecracker that burns with a hissing sound; one that fails to go off ...c1960 Amer. dial. ETYMOLOGY from fizzle to break wind without noise (obs.) from fise a 'small windy escape backwards' FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1582 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Hearon was demawnded what was a fyzeler and why privy taleberers wer cauled fyzelers. To this was answered that as he which fyzeleth doth stink worse than a playn farter and doth also lead many into suspition because yt is not knoen whence the fyrst [stench] cometh..." From: Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library Fenton's Voyage, 1582 Daily Word Quiz Answer TURN ON THE MAIN d) to begin to weep copiously ...1837 Daily Word Quiz
GOCKIE a) a lie, an exaggeration b) a black eye c) an easy task or assignment d) a stupid person Answer below. Today's Featured Word: AUTOCIDE NOUN a self-destroyer; a person who commits suicide ...1635 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from auto- self + Latin -cida slayer FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1635 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "... For as Saint Augustine reason well against such Autocides and selfe murtherers, it is rather a token of pusillanimity..." From: Varieties: or, A Surveigh of Rare and Excellent Matters Necessary and Delectable for All Sorts of Persons. By: David Person, 1635 Daily Word Quiz Answer GOCKIE d) a stupid person ...19C Scot. Daily Word Quiz
OYSTER-FACED a) having a red, swollen face b) in need of shaving c) having a narrow, sharp face d) having a spotted face Answer below. Today's Featured Word: VOGIE also VAUKIE, VOCKIE, VOCKY, VOGEY, VOGGIE, VOGUY, VOGY, VOUGEY, VOUGY, VOUKY, VOWGIE, VOWKY, WOWGIE ADJ. 1. vain, proud, conceited, elated, very pleased with oneself ...1712 Scot. 2. merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, light-hearted, happy ...c1715 Scot. 3. of things: imposing, grand, ostentatious ...1722 Scot. 4. in fair health ...1882 Scot. ETYMOLOGY of obscure origin FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1712 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...So vocky he is of this petition, that all the coffeehouses have got it." From: Dalrymple Against Grant, June, August, 1712 in Arguments and Decisions in Remarkable Cases By: John MacLaurin, 1774 Daily Word Quiz Answer OYSTER-FACED b) in need of shaving ...19C street sl. Daily Word Quiz
SITOPHOBIC a) having a morbid aversion to food or eating b) having a fear of sitting c) fearing strangers or foreigners d) exhibiting a fear or hatred of riding in a vehicle Answer below. Today's Featured Word: LENTITUDINOUS ADJ. slow, tardy, sluggish ...1801 rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin lentitudin-, lentitudo slowness, from lentus slow FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1801 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...than at the next rehearsal of the lentitudinous representations of Rastadt." From: The Monthly Magazine, or British Register Volume XI, 1801 Daily Word Quiz Answer SITOPHOBIC a) having a morbid aversion to food or eating ...1891 Daily Word Quiz
LUSKISH a) luxurious; deluxe b) inclined to be lazy; idle, slothful, sluggish c) rubbishy; looking bad or ugly d) tending to be sad or dismal Answer below. Today's Featured Word: POMIVOROUS ADJ. eating or feeding on apples ...1855 nonce word ETYMOLOGY from Latin pomum fruit, apple + -vorous eating, feeding on FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1855 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...seen a vast change in the common education of the common boy. The small and pomivorous animal which we so call is now subjected..." From: Literary Studies By: Walter Bagehot, 1855 Daily Word Quiz Answer LUSKISH b) inclined to be lazy; idle, slothful, sluggish ...a1500 obs Daily Word Quiz
DODMAN a) a cadet before he starts solo flying b) an eye c) a snail d) one who works and is paid by the day Answer below. Today's Featured Word: STRAVAGANT ADJ. 1. irrelevant, unsuitable ...1565 obs. 2. extraordinary, unusual, special ...1613 obs. NOUN 1. something irrelevant ...1565 obs. 2. a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1592 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Italian stravagante or aphetic from medieval Latin extravagantem FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1565 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...To go to the matter alleaged directly without idle twanges, and rouing strauagants from the purpose." From: A Fortresse of the Faith By: Thomas Stapleton, 1565 Daily Word Quiz Answer DODMAN c) a snail ...c1550 obs. exc. Eng. dial. Daily Word Quiz
BOOLIE a) beloved, much loved b) large, astonishing c) self-important, arrogant d) drunk Answer below. Today's Featured Word: TORTIOUS ADJ. 1. wrongful, injurious, hurtful; illegal ...1387-8 obs. 2. in law: pert. to a tort ...1544 ETYMOLOGY from Anglo-French torcious (14C) wrongful; illegal FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1387-8 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...for than wer tort & forth nough worthe an haw about, and pleasen no men, but thilke greuous and torcious been in might and in doinge..." From: The Testament of Love By: Thomas Usk, 1387-8 Daily Word Quiz Answer BOOLIE a) beloved, much loved ...1769 obs. Daily Word Quiz
COMPERENDINOUS a) jubilant or rejoicing b) important, full of consequence c) postponed, prolonged, delayed d) conceited, proud; pompous Answer below. Today's Featured Word: CHICKEN-PECKED ADJ. under the rule of a girl; governed by a child ...1786 humorous nonce word ETYMOLOGY from chicken a child + peck to show dominance over another in the establishment of a pecking order; as henpecked is under the rule of a woman FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1786 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...What am I the better for burying a jealous wife? To be chicken-peck'd is a new persecution, more provoking than the old one..." From: The Heiress; a Comedy By: John Burgoyne Daily Word Quiz Answer COMPERENDINOUS c) postponed, prolonged, delayed ...1730 obs. |