Pronounced: gad-ZOO-kuh-ree, noun
Notes: I’ve not run across this word
Yesterday’s word
The word yerk means, as a verb, “to rise, stir, strike, whip, pull, kick… and so on”. As a noun it means “a sudden movement, kick, jerk, stab, etc”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1400s
Background / Comments
Well, not much to say here… the origin of our word is uncertain.
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