Daily Word Quiz
TICKLE ONE'S TOBY a) to flatter, to coax b) to rear, to tend, to care for c) to be pleased with, to like d) to spank or beat on the buttocks Answer below. Today's Featured Word SYNGAMICAL ADJ. pert. to sexual union or copulation ...1669 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Greek συν, syn + γάμος (gamos) marriage + -ical FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1669 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The specifical ferments are ...inherent in the syngamical spermatick liquor." From: Hydrologia Chymica, Or The Chymical Anatomy of Scarbrough and Other Spaws in Yorkshire By: William Simpson, 1669 Daily Word Quiz Answer TICKLE ONE'S TOBY d) to spank or beat on the buttocks ...1842 sl.
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