Pronounced: in-tuhr-REG-nuhm, noun
Notes: I ran across this word in reading, but didn’t have the meaning quite right
Yesterday’s word
The word welter means
- write; toss; wallow
- to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved
- to be in turmoil
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1200s
Background / Comments
Our word can also be a noun, but that is about 300 years later than the verb. Our word came from Dutch and German words meaning “to roll”.
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