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Pronounced: MAUS-puh-tay-toe Notes: I have not heard this phrase, but I should have guessed the meaning Yesterday’s word The word erumpent means “bursting forth” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments When our word first came into English, it had scientific meaning related to fungi – “tending to burst…

erumpent

Pronounced: ih-RUHM-punt, adj Notes: A brand new word to me Yesterday’s word The word plight, as a noun, means As a verb, it means First usage Our word came into English in the mid-400s Background / Comments I was most familiar with noun meaning #1. I have heard of the second noun definition, and the…

plight

Pronounced: playet (rhymes with “flight”), noun/verb Notes: I know some of the meanings; some are new to me Yesterday’s word The word récauffé means First usage Our word came into English in the early 1800s Background / Comments When our word first entered English, it meant, in a figurative sense, something past its prime or…

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