Pronounced: SAL-voh, noun
Notes: I thought this was a synonym for “gunfire”, but that’s not correct
Yesterday’s word
The word ambivert is “one having the characteristics of both an extrovert and an introvert”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1920s
Background / Comments
At first glance, our word seems to have contradictory definitions; after all, an “extrovert” and an “introvert” are opposite characteristics. However, our word came refer to difference in situations — one can be an extrovert with family or good friends, and be very shy and introverted around strangers. The word can also describe someone who falls someone in between and thus has some characteristics of both. Our comes from the Latin words ambi- (both) and -vert [from introvert/extrovert], which came from vertere (to turn).
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