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georgic
Pronounced: JOR-lihk, adj Notes: Not related to people named George Yesterday’s word The word cwm is “a steep bowl-shaped mountain basin, carved by glaciers” (also called a cirque) First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1800s Background / Comments This is a neat Scrabble word (only three letters, and worth 10 points)! Our…
cwm
Pronounced: koom, noun Notes: Not a typo! Yesterday’s word The word rebarbative means “repellant; irritating” First usage Our word came into English in the late 1800s Background / Comments It is neat to have another word for “irritating”! Our word came from the middle French word rebarber (to oppose; confront) — literally, “to go beard…
rebarbative
Pronounced: rih-BAR-buh-tihv, adj Notes: Another good word that can be used Yesterday’s phrase The phrase felix culpa means “an error or disaster that has fortunate consequences” First usage Our phrase came into English in the 1910s Background / Comments So, “felix” does not mean “cat” – there was an old cartoon called Felix the Cat…
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