Pronounced: BUN-yip, noun/adj
Notes: Another word that is a complete stranger to me
Yesterday’s word
The word volplane means “to glide in or as if in an airplane”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1900s (1900-1909)
Background / Comments
Our word came from French; in the 1800s, they used the term vol plané (gliding flight) to refer to downward flight by birds — the other kind of flight was vol à voile (soaring flight). With the invention of the airplane, the gliding term came into being.
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