Pronounced: nahns, noun
Notes: Another word that is new to me
Yesterday’s word
The word grimgribber means “jargon of a trade”
First usage
This word came into English in the early 1700s
Background / Comments
This word comes from the play Conscious Lovers by Richard Steele; it was an imaginary estate in the play. It must have made quite an impression, as the word came into usage shortly thereafter the play came out.
Rejected Word
I came across the word importunate (adj), but I know the noun version (importunity) from the Bible, so I knew this word. Did you?
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