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Pronounced: more-guh-NA-tik, adj Notes: I kind of knew this, but not exactly Yesterday’s word The word Baedeker means “a guidebook” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1800s Background / Comments Our word came from the German publisher Karl Baedeker, who founded a company that published travel guidebooks. His guidebooks were known for…
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…
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