Pronounced: kah-puh-PEE, adv
Notes: You may be able to work out the meaning (I didn’t)
Yesterday’s word
The word Portia is “a female lawyer”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
As I’ve mentioned earlier, I don’t know many Shakespeare plays — our word came from The Merchant of Venice, in which she is the heroine. She is a rich heiress who disguises herself as a lawyer in order to save the live of Antonio. It came to refer to any female lawyer.
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