Pronounced: kah-nuhr-BAY-shuhn, noun
Notes: Another word that is new to me
Yesterday’s word
The word scandent means “climbing; ascending”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1600s
Background / Comments
Our word is a good one for general use. It came from the Latin word scandere (to climb). The same Latin word is also the root of “ascend” and “descend”.
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