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garble
Pronounced: GAR-bull, verb Notes: This word has a second meaning that I didn’t know Yesterday’s word The word homonymous means First usage Our word came into English in the early 1600s Background / Comments The third definition above is the one I knew. Some background: a homophone describes words of different meanings that sound the…
homonymous
Pronounced: ho-MAH-nuh-muhs, adj Notes: I knew one of the definitions Yesterday’s word The word amerce means “to punish; especially by a fine whose amounts are fixed by a court” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1200s Background / Comments Our word started with the Old French phrase a merci (at [one’s] mercy).…
amerce
Pronounced: uh-ERS, verb Notes: It looks like a word I know, but I didn’t know it Last word The word niddering means “a coward” First usage Our word came into English around 1600 (it is considered archaic today) Background / Comments As I noted, the word looks like a verb. It is a variant of…
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