Daily Word Quiz
GIVE A PERSON HIS OATMEAL a) to aid or assist him b) to punish, to rebuke severely c) to dismiss, to 'send packing' d) to humiliate Answer below. Today's Featured Word: FRENZICAL also FRANSICAL, PHRENSICAL ADJ. affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic ...a1586 obs. ETYMOLOGY from frenzy (n.) + -ical FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1586 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...with a certain fransical maladie they call Loue, when I was a yong man they called it flat folly. From: The Lady of May By: Sir Philip Sidney, a1586 Daily Word Quiz Answer GIVE A PERSON HIS OATMEAL b) to punish, to rebuke severely ...M18 sl.
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