Daily Word Quiz
DODMAN a) a scarecrow b) a person whose eyes stick out c) a silly fellow d) a snail Answer below Today's Featured Word HOSPITIOUS ADJ. hospitable ...1588 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin hospitium a hospitable reception FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1588 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...But forc'd by tempests hither ('gainst my mind) Where I shall hope hospitious friends to find." From: The Most Excellent History of Dorastus and Fawnia By: Robert Greene, 1588 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer DODMAN d) a snail ...c1550 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
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