Daily Word Quiz
RYE-MOUSE a) a field mouse b) illegal whisky c) a timid person d) a bat Answer below. Today's Featured Word JOLLOCK ADJ. jolly, fat, hearty, and healthy ...1824 Sc. VERB to jolt, to bump ...19C Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY For adj: a nonce variant of jolly with substitution of 'ock' for 'y' FIRST DOCUMENTED USE ? 1824 as below EXAMPLE "...And bicker through the glens sae deep, Fu' jollock, blythe, and swankie, Right cheels that day." From: Cannlesmas Day 'Written by a youth of 15' In: The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopaedia By: John Mactaggart, 1824 Daily Word Quiz Answer RYE-MOUSE d) a bat ...1777 Eng. dial.
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