Pronounced: VIE-uh dol-uh-ROE-suh (alt: VEE-uh dol-uh-ROE-suh), noun
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Yesterday’s word
The word camarilla is “a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisors; cabal
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Spanish word camarilla (little room); it is a diminutive form of cámara (room), which came from the Latin Latin camera (room). Political plotters are assume to meet in small rooms, and thus the usage.
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