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extrality
Pronounced: ek-STRAL-ih-tee, noun Notes: Not a word I know Yesterday’s word The word palinode means First usage Our word came into English in the late 1500s Background / Comments Our word came from the Greek word palinōidia, which is made up of palin (back; again) and aeidein (to sing). The story (according to Plato) is…
palinode
Pronounced: PAH-luh-node, noun Notes: Our word makes me think of “paladin”, but it is not related Yesterday’s phrase The phrase Mother Hubbard is “a loose shapeless dress for a woman” First usage Our phrase came into English in the late 1800s Background / Comments Our phrase came from the nursery rhyme “Old Mother Hubbard”. The…
Mother Hubbard
Pronunciation: MUHTH-uhr HUHB-urhd, noun Notes: I didn’t know that this was a word Yesterday’s word The word millefleur means “having an allover pattern of small flowers and plants” First usage This is odd; there seem to be two different ideas: some reference material said that our word came into English in the 1900s (1900-1910); other…
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