Pronounced: SEH-juh-luhs, adj
Notes: I was off on this word; I associated it with something sinister or unpleasant, and that’s not at all the case for this word
Yesterday’s word
The word ullage means “the amount of liquid by which a container falls short of being full” – a pretty handy word.
Background
The word comes from Old French noun ouillage/eullage, which come from the verb ouiller/eullier (to fill a cask), with the root word ouil (eye, hole).
First usage
The word showed up in the mid-1400s
