Pronounced: mah-NIH-luh-kwuhnt, adj
Notes: My guess at this word’s meaning was wrong
Yesterday’s word
The word mittimus is “an official order to commit someone to prison”
First usage
Our word is an old one, coming into English in the mid-1400s
Background / Comments
I think we tend to call a mittimus “an arrest warrant”. Our word comes from the Latin word mittimus (we send), which is the first word of such an order. It comes from the word mittere (to send).
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