Pronounced: TOE-tum, noun
Notes: I thought I knew the meaning of this word, but I didn’t
Yesterday’s word
The word tegular means “relating to, resembling, or arranged like tiles”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Latin word tegula (tile), which came from tegere (to cover). There isn’t much to say about our word other than what I said yesterday.
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