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clamant
Pronounced: KLAY-mant (alt: KLAM-uhnt), adj Notes: Looks like “claimant” with a letter missing Yesterday’s word The word evanescent means “tending to vanish like vapor” First usage Our word came into English in the 1700s Background / Comments I think I’ve run across our word in reading, but I could properly define it. Also, the first…
evanescent
Pronounced: eh-vuh-NEH-s(uh)nt (the “uh” in the final syllable is lightly pronounced), adj Notes: I’ve run across this word, but did not have the definition exactly correct Yesterday’s word The word raffish means First usage Our word came into English in the late 1700s Background / Comments Our word came from the word raff (rubbish), which…
raffish
Pronounced: RAF-ish, adj Notes: Another new one to me Yesterday’s word The word opusculum is “a minor work (such as literature) – the word is usually used in the plural First usage Our word came into English in the early 1600s Background / Comments Our word is usually used in the plural form (opuscula); it…
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