Pronounced: kwah, prep
Notes: I happen to know this word; I don’t know how well-known it is
Yesterday’s word
The word apricate means “to bask in the sun” or “to expose to the sun”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1600s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Latin word apricati (to bask in the sun). Even though our word make look like “apricot”, it does not share the same root. For those interested, the word “apricot” came from the Latin word praecox (early-ripening).
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