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myrmidon
Pronounced: MUHR-muh-don, noun Notes: I do know this word, but I don’t think it well-known Yesterday’s word The word snoutfair means, as a noun, “a good-looking person”. As an adjective, it means “good-looking” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1500s Background / Comments The word ‘snout’ makes me think of pigs and…
snoutfair
Pronounced: SNOUT-fare, noun/adj Notes: Sounds like an unpleasant word Yesterday’s word The word sigmoid means curved like the letter ‘C’ curved in two directions like the letter ‘S’ of, relating to, or being the sigmoid colon (in the large intestine) First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments Our word…
sigmoid
Pronounced: SIG-moyd, adj Notes: A new word for me Yesterday’s word The word sympatric means “occurring in the same geographical area” First usage Our word came into English in the 1900s (1900-1909) Background / Comments Our word comes from the Greeks words sym-, an adaptation of syn-, (together) and patria (homeland), which came from pater…
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