ana

Pronounced: A-nuh, noun/adv

Notes: This word has been around a long time, but I’ve not heard it


Yesterday’s word

The word ploce is “a rhetorical phrase with internal repetition, such as I mean what I mean

First usage

Our word came into English in the late 1500s

Background / Comments

Apparently, the word used to be spelled ploche. It came from the Late Latin word plocē, which came from the Greek word plokḗ (plaiting).

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Christian, lover-of-knowledge, Texan, and other things.

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