Pronounced: dih-KLIH-vuh-tee, noun
Notes: I had a vague sense of the meaning of this word
Yesterday’s word
The word Timon is “one who hates or distrusts humankind”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
This is another word that comes from a Shakespeare play — specifically, Timon of Athen. Timon is the misanthropic hero of the play. This is a Shakespeare play that I don’t know at all.
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