Pronounced: gau-dih-AHM-us, noun
Notes: Another word I’ve not run across, but one that could be useful
Yesterday’s word
The word broadside means
- a sheet of paper printed usually on one side
- the guns on one side of a ship
- a strongly worded attack
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1500s
Background / Comments
It is the first meaning above that I did not know. Some of the old Errol Flynn naval films deal with broadside attacks, and I’ve heard or read of the word in the third meaning also. The printed broadsides were printed on one side because they were usually decrees or some kind of public notice that would be affixed to walls, so only one side needed to be printed on.
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