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puttock
Pronounced: PUHT-uhk, noun Notes: I could not guess at the meaning Yesterday’s word The word anacoluthon is “a syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence” First usage Our word came into English in the early 1700s Background / Comments An example would be useful; it’s rather like changing what you meant to say in mid-sentence:…
anacoluthon
Pronounced: a-nuh-kuh-LOO-thahn, noun Notes: Looks like a kind of snake, I thought Yesterday’s word The word sidhe is a fairy the race of fairies a mound or hill where fairies are believed to live First usage Our word came into English in the early 1700s Background / Comments Our word came from the Irish word…
sidhe
Pronounced: shee, noun Notes: I’ve not heard this word Yesterday’s word The word videlicet means “that is to say; namely” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1400s Background / Comments Our word is abbreviated viz (more later). Our word came from the Latin word videlicet, which is made up of videre (to…
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