Daily Word Quiz
IMPIGROUS a) fattening b) wicked, unprincipled c) immodest, indelicate, indecent d) diligent, quick, ready Answer below. Today's Featured Word: OBLUCTATION NOUN striving or struggling against something; resistance, opposition ...1615 obs. ETYMOLOGY from late Latin obluctationem n. of action from Latin obluctari from ob- + luctari to struggle, wrestle FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1615 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...In a word, these muscles partly by yeelding and giuing ground, partly by obluctation or opposition to secure the Membrane from being torne and rent asunder." From: Mikrokosmographia A Description of the Body of Man By: Helkiah Crooke, 1615 Daily Word Quiz Answer IMPIGROUS d) diligent, quick, ready ...1656 obs. rare
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