Pronounced: in-truh-pruh-NUHR (alt-1: in-truh-pruh-NOOR; alt-2: in-truh-pruh-NYOOR), noun
Notes: I know “entrepreneur”, but not this word
Yesterday’s word
The word rhadamanthine means “rigorously strict or just”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from Greek mythology: in the underworld (Hades), there were three judges: Minos, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus. Minos had been the king of Crete; Aeacus had been king of Aegina; and Rhadamanthus had been king of the Cyclades Islands. Rhadamanthus was known for being inflexible in his judgment, and thus our word came into being from his name. Because our word came from someone’s name, it is often seen capitalized.
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