Daily Word Quiz
NIBBY-GIBBY a) a busybody; a meddlesome person b) a good-looking person c) the nape of the neck d) a narrow escape; a touch and go Answer below. Today's Featured Word DEHONESTATE VERB to dishonour, to disgrace, to disparage, to slander, to calumniate ...1663 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from ppl. stem of Latin dehonestare to dishonour, to disgrace FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1663 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The excellent and wise pains he took in this particular, no man can dehonestate or reproach." From: A Sermon Preacher at the Funeral of John Bramhall, Late Lord Archbishop of Armagh By: Jeremy Taylor, 1663 Daily Word Quiz Answer NIBBY-GIBBY d) a narrow escape; a touch and go ...1888 Eng. dial.
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