Pronounced: puh-NASH, noun
Notes: I knew one of the meanings, but not the other one
Yesterday’s word
The word manducate means “to chew or eat”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
I know the word “masticate” means “to chew”, but I had never heard of or word. Our word came from the Latin word mandere (to chew) – the word “masticate” comes from a different Latin word.
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