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amerce

Pronounced: uh-ERS, verb Notes: It looks like a word I know, but I didn’t know it Last word The word niddering means “a coward” First usage Our word came into English around 1600 (it is considered archaic today) Background / Comments As I noted, the word looks like a verb. It is a variant of…

Been Away

I apologize for my absence; I was unable to do this post for a while; I hope to start posting again soon.

niddering

Pronounced: NID-uhr-ing, noun Notes: It looks like it might be a verb, but it isn’t Yesterday’s word The word gregarious means First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments The word I was confusing our word with was “garrulous”. Our word came from the Latin word gregarius (belonging to a…

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