Daily Word Quiz DASIBERD a) insincere compliments; flattery b) a stupid fellow, a fool c) spirit, enthusiasm d) an old lean cow or horse Answer below. Today's Featured Word LINGE also: LINDGE, LINCH, LINSE ADJ. pliable, as new leather ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. VERB 1. to beat severely, to thrash, to flog ...1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 2. to lounge...1892 Eng. dial. 3. to work so violently as to cause exhaustion ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. 4. to lunge ...Bk1902 Northern Ireland 5. to stick out the tongue ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY of obscure origin FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1600 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Met he with a soldior out of his ranke and file? If he were a Roman, up he went and he was well lindged and swaddled with vine-wands by the centurion." From: Livy's Romane Historie Translated By: Philemon Holland, 1600 Daily Word Quiz Answer DASIBERD b) a stupid fellow, a fool ...c1400 obs
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