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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.
grum
Pronounced: GRUHM, adj Notes: I didn’t know that this was a word Yesterday’s word The word georgic means “of or relating to agriculture” First usage Our word came into English in the early 1500s Background / Comments Given the origin, the meaning of our word is clear: georgic came from Latin, which came from the…
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