Daily Word Quiz
LARMOYANT a) rich, wealthy b) given to tears; weeping; crying c) frolicsome, sportive d) liberal in giving, bounteous Answer below. Today's Featured Word FOOTLE ADJ. worthless, paltry, trifling, insignificant ...1894 NOUN twaddle, nonsense ...1895 VERB to talk or act foolishly; to do anything in a feeble or ineffectual manner; to dawdle, to trifle, to potter; to idle, to waste time ...1892 sl. ETYMOLOGY of obscure origin; possibly from Eng. dial. footer to trifle, to potter about FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1892 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Now, really, Settee, do try not to footle like this!" From: Voces Populi By: F. Anstey, 1892 Daily Word Quiz Answer LARMOYANT b) given to tears; weeping; crying ...1824
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