Pronounced: TUH-kuht, noun
Notes: A new word for me
Yesterday’s word
The word descry means
- to catch sight of
- to discover or detect
First usage
Our word came into English before 1400
Background / Comments
Our word seems a little familiar to me, but I cannot recall anywhere I’ve run across it. Our word came from the Old French word descrier (to cry out), which came from crier (to cry), which came from Latin critare, which came from quiritare (to cry out). The word “scry” comes from a shortening of our word.
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