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.
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