Pronounced: MAN-tick, adj
Notes: I confused this word with another word
Yesterday’s word
The word birch, as a noun means
- any of various hardy trees or shrubs of the genus Betula
- a birch twig or bundle of them
As a verb, it means
- to beat with (or as if with) a birch
- to admonish or to punish
First usage
Our word came into English around 700
Background / Comments
As I noted, I know about birch trees, but I did not know that birch could be a verb. It came from the Old English word berc or beorc.
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