Daily Word Quiz
IRRISORY a) addicted to laughing or sneering at others b) intoxicated with alcohol c) impudent, defiant d) angry, enraged, raging Answer below. Today's Featured Word: GARRULATE VERB to say or speak with garrulity; to talk nonstop; to utter in a chattering manner ...1656 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from ppl. stem of late Latin garrulare, from garrulus talkative FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1656 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Whatsoever these Quakers garrulate to the contrary." From: A Defence of Scriptures By: Immanuel A. Bourne SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer IRRISORY a) addicted to laughing or sneering at others ...1824 rare
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