Pronounced: BEE-buh-low, noun
Notes: My guesses were of the meaning were wide of the mark
Yesterday’s word
An arroyo is “a narrow, steep-sided watercourse, usually dry except after rain”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Spanish word arroyo, which came from the Latin word arrugia (mine shaft). I don’t know for sure, but I think I remember reading this word in a Three Investigators mystery story.
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