NESCIENCE

Daily Word Quiz
 
PYRGOPOLINIZE
a) to swagger, to hector
b) to interfere in someone's business
c) to do something tactless, to blunder
d) to affect airs
 
Answer below.
  
Today's Featured Word: NESCIENCE
 
NOUN
lack of knowledge, ignorance ...1612
 
ETYMOLOGY
from late Latin nescientia ignorance,
from nesciens not knowing, being ignorant of
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1612 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...I can yet adde many more needfull particulars, which the Author
hath in his nescience omitted..."
From: The Surgeon's Mate
Or Military and Domestique Surgery
By: John Woodall, 1612
 
 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
PYRGOPOLINIZE a) to swagger, to hector ...1605 nonce word obs.