Pronounced: loo-KUH-luhn, adj
Notes: A new word to me
Yesterday’s word
The word Polonian means
- abounding in aphoristic expressions
- a native or inhabitant of Poland
First usage
The first meaning came into English in the mid-1800s; the second meaning came into English in the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
The first definition came from the character of Polonius, a character in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. He was known for moralistic aphorisms – some of the well-known ones are “Brevity is the soul of wit”, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”, and “This above all: to thine own self be true”. The second definition comes from the Latin word for Poland – Polonia.
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