Pronounced: may-LAHNZH, noun
Notes: I think I’ve seen this word in writing, but I didn’t know the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word suage means “to make something unpleasant less severe; to assuage”
First usage
Our word came into English in the very early 1400s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from the Latin word suavis (sweet). I am familiar with “assuage”, and it turns that that “assuage” is the older word by 100-150 years.
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