Daily Word Quiz
STREPITATE a) to amaze or stupefy one b) to walk with long steps, to stride c) to deceive, to trick, to cheat d) to make a great noise Answer below. Today's Featured Word KLEPTISTIC ADJ. pert. to theft; related to or consisting in stealing ...1742-3 rare ETYMOLOGY from Greek κλέπτης, kleptés, a thief + -istic FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1742-3 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Indeed there is a method called the Kleptistic, which hath been preferred to the Metabolic: But this is too dangerous..." From: Philosophical Transactions for the Year 1742-3 By: Henry Fielding Daily Word Quiz Answer STREPITATE d) to make a great noise ...1656 obs.
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