Pronounced: YAY-who, noun
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Yesterday’s word
The word hogen-mogen means, as a noun, “a person having or affecting high power”. As an adjective, it means “powerful; grand”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Our word is another word derived from the Dutch word hoogmogend (all powerful), which came from the phrase “Hooge en Mogende” (high and mighty), which is a honorific used when addressing the Netherlands States General (the legislature).
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