Pronounced: THIM-bull-rig, verb
Notes: I’ve run across this word somewhere, but wasn’t sure of the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word prorogue means
- to discontinue a session of something (such as a parliament)
- to defer to to postpone
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1400s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the French word proroger (to adjourn), which came from the Latin word prorogare (to prolong; to defer), which is made up of pro- (before) and rogare (to ask).
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