Daily Word Quiz
TITUBATE a) to stagger, to stumble, to trip b) to tidy up, to make neat c) to potter, to trifle, to fidget d) to chatter, to talk idly, to gossip Answer below. Today's Featured Word ZAD NOUN 1. the letter 'Z' ...1669 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 2. a deformed or crooked person; a bandy-legged person; a hunchbacked person ...1725 sl. ETYMOLOGY variant of Zed FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1669 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...we may imagine it to have been anciently pronounced, as it is now by the Italians, Ds or Ts; and so to be called Zad from the Hebrew Tsadi: but yet to make out my observation, we, who pronounce it as a single Letter, do as often call it Yzard." From: Elements Of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters By: William Holder, 1669 Daily Word Quiz Answer TITUBATE a) to stagger, to stumble, to trip ...1575 rare
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