Daily Word Quiz
WUMBLE-CROPPED a) of the hair: cut very short b) starving, very hungry c) having much wealth d) vaguely unwell, under the weather Answer below. Today's Featured Word: GIGANTINE ADJ. 1. very great in quantity or amount ...1605 obs. 2. large, huge, gigantic ...1664 obs. ETYMOLOGY from French gigantin uncountable from Latin gigant-, gigas giant FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1605 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...For that Gygantine state of mind which possesseth the trowblers of the world." From: The Advancement of Learning By: Francis Bacon, 1605 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer WUMBLE-CROPPED d) vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1972 Amer. dial.
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