Pronounced: KAH-kuh-nate, verb
Notes: Not at all what I thought.
Yesterday’s word
The word colophon is
- a note at the end of the book giving information about its production: font, paper, binding, printer, etc
- a publisher’s emblem, usually on the spine or the title page of the book
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
I knew that our word was related to books, but I did not know the exact meaning. It came from the Latin word colophon, which came from the Greek word kolophon (summit; finishing touch).
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