Pronounced: YEE-stee, adj
Notes: There is an obvious definition, but there were meanings I didn’t know
Yesterday’s word
The word Pactolian means “golden; lavish”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
I really like having another word for “lavish”. Our word came from the river Pactolus in ancient Lydia. The river is now called Sart Çayi and is in the modern country of Turkey.
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