Pronounced: PIE-lohss, adj
Notes: After reading the meaning, I think I’ve run across this word somewhere, but I wasn’t able to recall the meaning – do you know it?
Yesterday’s word
The word trangam means “a trinket, puzzle, or odd gadget”
First usage
This word goes back a long way; it came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
As I noted yesterday, I have a few things that could be described as trangams in my house. The origin of this word is not known.
Richard's Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day 