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Baedeker
Pronounced: BAY-deh-kuhr, noun Notes: I’ve run across this somewhere, but I don’t think it is well known Yesterday’s word The word jink means “to move quickly or unexpectedly with sudden turns and shifts” First usage Our word came into English in the late 1600s Background / Comments Our word is more well-known in the plural…
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…
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