Pronounced: poo-nuh-LOO-uh, noun
Notes: This word looks a bit like luau, but it isn’t
Yesterday’s word
The word procrustean means “tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Our word means “like Procrustes”; Procrustes was a robber who invited people to rest in his bed, but then he either stretched their limbs or amputated them in order to make them fit the bed. Thus, we get the meaning of our word.
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