Pronounced: pih-kuh-RESK, adj
Notes: A neat word, unknown to me
Yesterday’s word
The word autolycan means “characterized by thievery or trickery”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
The reason I said that I was surprised that I didn’t know our word was that while in school, I was very interested in Greek mythology and read a lot of it. Our word comes from a character from Greek mythology (Autolycus), who was the son of Hermes and Chione. He was skilled in theft and trickery, probably because he had the ability to make himself or things he touched invisible.
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