Daily Word Quiz MEACOCK a) troublesome, unruly b) miserly, stingy, mean c) effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless d) proud, haughty Answer below. Today's Featured Word WANSONSY ADJ. mischievous ...1819 Scot. ETYMOLOGY from wan- lacking, missing + sonsy (adj.) endowed with good sense FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1819 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...We'll learn ye to be douce, Ye auld wansonsy b___h." From: The Jacobite Relics of Scotland By: James Hogg, 1819 "Queen Anne: or, The Auld Gray Mare SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 • An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, John Jamieson, 1879-1887 Daily Word Quiz Answer MEACOCK c) effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless ...1587 obs
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