Pronounced: ih-FULL-gen(t)s, noun
Notes: I transposed a couple of letters and had the totally wrong meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word laissez-aller means “unrestrained freedom”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
I believe that unrestrained freedom is a very bad thing; we need some kind of check on our bad (evil) impulses. With no restraints at all, we would merely became self-centered and self-indulgent. Our word came from the French word laisser-aller (to allow to go).
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