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jink
Pronounced: JINK, verb Notes: Not a word we hear often Yesterday’s word The word greige means, as a noun, a color between gray and beige a fabric or yarn that has not undergone bleaching, dying, or other finishing processes As an adjective, it means of a gray-beige color unbleached, undyed, or unfinished First usage For…
greige
Pronounced: GRAYZH, noun/adj Notes: Another new word for me Yesterday’s word The word plage is the beach of a seaside resort a bright region on the sun caused by the light emitted by clouds of calcium or hydrogen and often associated with a sunspot First usage Our word came into English in the late 1800s…
plage
Pronounced: PLAHZH, noun Notes: Not what O thought at all Yesterday’s word The word grum means “surly; gloomy; stern” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments It is thought that our word is a blend of grim and glum – I have never run across it.
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