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sympatric
Pronounced: sim-PAT-rik, adj Notes: I don’t think I’ve ever heard this word Yesterday’s word The word kedge means “to move (a ship) by means of a line attached to a small anchor dropped at the distance and in the desired direction” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments Our…
kedge
Pronounced: KEHJ, verb Notes: People with the right background may know this (I didn’t) Yesterday’s word The word puttock is any of various birds of prey a greedy person – especially one who preys on others First usage Our word came into English in the late 1100s Background / Comments The origin of our word…
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:…
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