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Pronounced: MAHR-plot, noun Notes: I have never run across this word Yesterday’s word The word pococurante means “indifferent; nonchalant” First usage Our word came into English in the early 1800s Background / Comments Our word started as a character in Voltaire’s work Candide, published in 1759. Many characters in that work were carefully named. Pococurante…
pococurante
Pronounced: POH-koh-kyu-RAN-tee, adj Notes: Looks Spanish, but I don’t it Yesterday’s word The word dinky means, in the US, “small; insignificant; undesirable”. In the UK, it means “attractively tiny; cute” First usage Our word came into English in the late 1700s Background / Comments I did not realize that the UK meaning was different. Our…
dinky
Pronounced: DING-kee, adj Notes: This word is a bit of a cheat; I know (as I’m sure you do) the US meaning, but it has a different meaning in the UK. Yesterday’s word The word pinnacle means an upright architectural member often ending in a small spire a lofty peak the highest point of development…
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