Pronounced: VOL-plane, verb
Notes: I didn’t quite know this word
Yesterday’s word
The word scamander means “to take a winding course”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
A useful word to drop in where appropriate – it is named after the Scamander river in Turkey, which was named after a river god in Greek mythology. The modern name of the river is Karamenderes.
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