Pronounced: puhr-SEH-vuh-rate, verb
Notes: Another word I’ve not run across
Yesterday’s word
The word grinagog is “one who is always grinning”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Old English word grennian (to show the teeth in pain or anger) combined with (it is thought) -agogue (bringer).
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