Daily Word Quiz FLAMFOO a) a clumsy, embarrassing, or highly unpleasant person b) a gaudily-dressed woman whose chief pleasure consists in dress c) nonsense; vain boasting; empty talk d) a defective firecracker that burns with a hissing sound Answer below. Today's Featured Word ROMULIST NOUN 1. a descendant of Romulus; a Roman, a native of ancient Rome ...1594 obs. rare 2. a Roman Catholic ...1620 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Romulus + -ist FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1594 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Why from Molossus and falses Hanibal, Have ye reserv'd the noble Romulists?" From: Cornelia, A Tragedy By: Thomas Kyd, 1594 Daily Word Quiz Answer FLAMFOO b) a gaudily-dressed woman whose chief pleasure consists in dress ...19th-cent. Sc.
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