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eidolon
Pronounced: eye-DOH-luhn, noun Notes: Another new word for me Yesterday’s word The word titivate means “to make or become smart or spruce” First usage Our word came into English in the late 1700s to early 1800s Background / Comments Our word came (it is thought) from a combination of tidy and elevate — thus, “to…
titivate
Pronounced: TIH-tuh-vate, verb Notes: I don’t think I’ve every run across this word Yesterday’s word The word verigreen is “a simple or gullible person” First usage Our word came into English in the 1950s Background / Comments Our word came from very, which came from the Old French word verai (true), which came from the…
verigreen
Pronounced: VER-ih-green, noun Notes: I thought that this word might mean “very green”, but that’s not really the correct meaning Yesterday’s word The word kegler means “bowler” First usage Our word came into English in the 1930s Background / Comments Our word came from medieval Germany, where bowling was practiced as a test of religious…
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