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Pronounced: PILL-kroh, noun Notes: I didn’t know what this was (but it is common these days) Yesterday’s word The word morganatic means “of or relating to a marriage between a royal or noble and a person of inferior rank whose children cannot succeed to royalty or nobility” First usage Our word came into English in…
morganatic
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…
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