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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