Pronounced: LO-kuhr-nize, verb
Notes: A word I’ve not run across
Yesterday’s word
The word rupestrine means “living or growing among rocks”
First usage
The word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
Our word has Latin roots: rūpēs (steep cliff; crag) combined with the ending -trine which was take from lacustrine (living or growing in lakes).
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