Daily Word Quiz
CANNY WIFE a) a thrifty housewife b) a midwife c) an unmarried woman living with a man d) a shrewd, scheming woman Answer below. Today's Featured Word: ELOZABLE ADJ. readily influenced by flattery; able to be wheedled or coaxed ...1537 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY as if from Old French eslosable, from esloser to praise FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1537 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...but the Execution of the Laws would reach them, as well as others, who in the time of Tarquin, it seems, found the Prince more elozable." From: Machiavel's Vindication of Himself and His Writings In The Harleian Miscellany, 1537 Daily Word Quiz Answer CANNY WIFE b) a midwife ...1810 Scot
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