opusculum

Pronounced: oh-PUHS-kyuh-luhm, noun

Notes: The word is frequently used in its plural form (opuscula). It’s a word that I should have been able to deduce the meaning of, but I didn’t


Yesterday’s word

The word xeric means “relating to very dry conditions”

Background

This word comes from the Greek word xeros (dry).

First usage

This word showed up in 1926

Published by Richard

Christian, lover-of-knowledge, Texan, and other things.

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