Daily Word Quiz
MECONOPHAGIST a) one who eats fish b) an eater of horse flesh c) an 'opium-eater'; a user of opium d) a bookworm Answer below. Today's Featured Word SUPELLECTICARIOUS ADJ. of or pert. to household stuff ...1656 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from late Latin supellecticarius relating to household stuff or furniture FIRST DOCUMENTED USE Suppellecticarious (suppellecticarius) that pertains to houshold-stuff From: Glossographia By: Thomas Blount, 1656 EXAMPLE "...And when first the Creator gave each birth, Was suppellecticarious to Earth: So that to view defecated did come..." From: Epiloimia Epe, or The Anatomy of the Pestilence A Poem in Three Parts By: William Austin, 1666 Daily Word Quiz Answer MECONOPHAGIST c) an 'opium-eater'; a user of opium ...1886
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