Daily Word Quiz
ROW OF PEAS a) cheese b) a punishment in store; discipline c) a thing of very little value d) a small crowd of people Today's Featured Word STATUMINATE VERB to support; to establish ...a1628 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin statuminat- ppl. stem of statuminare from statumin- statumen prop, support FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1628 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...those eminent plants of our soyl, which blast, or bite not, but rather statuminate, and refresh the Vines, Corn, Fruits, or whatsoever groweth under their shaddows." From: Sir Fulke Greville's Life of Sir Philip Sidney By: Fulke Greville, a1628 Daily Word Quiz Answer ROW OF PEAS c) a thing of very little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
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