Daily Word Quiz
DWEEDLE a) to defeat comprehensively b) to leave quickly, to run off c) to cajole, to wheedle d) to reject, to snub Answer below. Today's Featured Word REMORDENCY NOUN compunction, remorse ...1717 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from pres. pple. of Latin remordere to vex, to disturb from re- + mordere to bite, sting, attack, etc. FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1717 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...that remordency of Conscience, that extremity of grief, they feel within themselves." From: Eighteen Sermons on Practical Subjects By: John Killingbeck, 1717 Daily Word Quiz Answer DWEEDLE c) to cajole, to wheedle ...1688 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
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