Pronounced: vay-dee-ME-kuhm, noun
Notes: I’ve come across this word in reading and didn’t pronounce it correctly; in addition, I wasn’t sure of the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word spaniel, of course, refers to the dog, but it also means “a submissive or fawning person”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1300s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Old French word espaignol/espaigneul (Spanish dog), which came from Hispaniolus (Spanish), which came from Hispania (Spain).
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