Pronounced: shuh-TOI-unt, adj
Notes: Interesting word; you may recognize part of it
Yesterday’s word
The word camarilla is “a group of confidential scheming advisors”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
If you didn’t guess, our word came from the Spanish; it is a diminutive of cámara (chamber), which came from the Latin word camera (room), which came from the Greek word kamara (an object with an arched cover).
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