Daily Word Quiz
VAPULATE a) to see, to look, to observe b) to beat or strike c) to vomit d) to soil, to defile Today's Featured Word USTORIOUS ADJ. characterized by the faculty or power of burning; able to be burnt; combustible ...1724 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin ustus pa. pple. of urere to burn + -orious FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1724 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...It is by an ustorious Quality in the Mirrour or Glass, and by a cleaving power in the Wedge, arising from a certain unknown substantial Form in them..." From: Logick: or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth By: Isaac Watts, 1724 Daily Word Quiz Answer VAPULATE b) to beat or strike ...1603 rare
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