Daily Word Quiz
LIGHTWOOD-KNOT FLOATER a) a fishing lure b) something small or unimportant c) a heavy rain d) a heavy blow Answer below. Today's Featured Word FAULTWORTHY ADJ. deserving of blame, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible ...1586 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from fault (vb.) + worthy FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1586 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...Secondly, that every mome is more prompt to reprehend such things, which in his owne conceit he iudgeth faultworthy, then to prayse those matters..." From: The Blazon of Gentrie The Glorie of Generositie To the Gentlemen of the Inner Temple By: John Ferne, 1586 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 Daily Word Quiz Answer LIGHTWOOD-KNOT FLOATER c) a heavy rain ...1944 Amer. dial.
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