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apologia
Pronounced: ah-puh-LOH-juh (alt: ah-puh-LOH-jee-uh), noun Notes: I know a related word Yesterday’s word The word polydipsia means “excessive or abnormal thirst” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments As I said yesterday, I recognized “poly” part of our word. In fact, it comes from the Greek words poly- (much,…
polydipsia
Pronounced: paw-lee-DIP-see-uh, noun Notes: I recognized “poly” meaning many or much, but I didn’t know the word Yesterday’s word The word garble means First usage Our word came into English in the early or middle 1400s Background / Comments I knew the first definition; the second was new to me. When the word first entered…
garble
Pronounced: GAR-bull, verb Notes: This word has a second meaning that I didn’t know Yesterday’s word The word homonymous means First usage Our word came into English in the early 1600s Background / Comments The third definition above is the one I knew. Some background: a homophone describes words of different meanings that sound the…
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