Daily Word Quiz
MAJIGGER a) a close friend b) a tall, untidy woman c) a thingamajig; a gadget d) any liquor made with malt Answer below. Today's Featured Word: NUTRIBLE ADJ. nutritious, nourishing ...1607 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from late Latin nutribilis nourishing, nutritious from nutrire to be nourishing FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1607 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Swines flesh also is lesse excremental then Pigs flesh, and therefore more nutrible..." From: The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents By: Edward Topsell, 1607 Daily Word Quiz Answer MAJIGGER c) a thingamajig; a gadget ...1942 Amer. dial.
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