Daily Word Quiz
DOOLZIE a) a frolicsome and thoughtless woman b) the head c) money d) something the name of which is forgotten Answer below. Today's Featured Word OSTENTATORY ADJ. intended to attract attention or admiration; ostentatious ...1657 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin ostentatorius relating to portents from ostentator FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1657 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...'Tis no unlikely but some captious Antagonist may censure my Aphorisms as ostentatory..." From: Natures Explication and Helmont's Vindication. Or A Short and Sure Way to a Long and Sound Life By: George Starkey, 1657 Daily Word Quiz Answer DOOLZIE a) a frolicsome and thoughtless woman ...19th-cent. Sc.
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