louche

Pronounced: loosh, adj

Notes: I have a theory about this word (which I didn’t know)


Yesterday’s word

The word irresolute means “uncertain or indecisive”

First usage

Our word came into English in the mid-1500s

Background / Comments

Our word comes from the Latin word in- (not) combined with resoltus, a past participle of resolvere (to resolve). I felt a little stupid when I saw the definition because I knew the word ‘resolute’ and I also know that ir- is a negation prefix. Somehow, I missed it.

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

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