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bauchle
Pronounced: BAH-kuhl (alt: BO-kuhl), noun, verb Notes: Because of where I grew up, I cannot easily distinguish between a short “o” and the “ah” sounds (more in tomorrow’s comments) Yesterday’s word The word whelm means to turn upside down usually to cover something to overcome in thought or feeling; overwhelm First usage Our word came…
whelm
Pronounced: (H)WEHLM, verb Notes: I have heard of overwhelm and underwhelm, but not our word Yesterday’s word The word curtal, as a noun, is a woodwind instrument, an early form of bassoon (also known as a dulcian) an animal with a tail docked off anything abridged or cut short As an adjective, it means having…
curtal
Pronounced: KUHR-tuhl, noun/adj Notes: Looks like “curtail” with a letter missing Yesterday’s word The word rutilant means “having a reddish glow” First usage Our word came into English in the late 1400s Background / Comments In classic Doctor Who, there was an alien race called the Rutans, which were in a long-standing war between them…
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