Daily Word Quiz
EXTONIOUS a) surprising, unexpected, astonishing b) unpleasant, disgusting; second-rate c) eternal, everlasting d) cheerful or patient in life Answer below. Today's Featured Word NIGRICANT ADJ. black ...1772 ETYMOLOGY from Latin nigricantem blackish, swarthy pres. pple. of nigricare to be blackish from niger black FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1772 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...to dissipate the nigricant squadrons of darkness!" From: The History of the Famous Preacher, Friar Gerund de Campazas Translated from the Spanish By: Thomas Nugent, 1772 Daily Word Quiz Answer EXTONIOUS a) surprising, unexpected, astonishing ...1548 obs. rare
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