Pronounced: leef, adv
Notes: We don’t often get adverbs listed!
Yesterday’s word
The word emolument means “payment, salary, or fees from an office or employment”
First usage
This word goes back to the late 1400s
Background / Comments
I think I’ve read this word in the US Constitution. It comes from Latin emolumentum (profit, advantage), a combination of ex- (out) and molere (to grind).
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