Pronounced: IN-duh-ruht, adj
Notes: This word is vaguely familiar to me (but I could not properly define it)
Yesterday’s word
The word Bigfoot means, as a noun, “a prominent person in a commanding position – especially a journalist”. As a verb, it means
- to dominate or to take control of a situation from someone
- to behave in an authoritative, domineering manner
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word does come from the legendary creature called Bigfoot — also known as Sasquatch, which supposedly lives in the remote wilderness of the Pacific Northwest (in both the US and Canada).
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