Pronounced: PLUM-plee, adv
Notes: This word has nothing to do with being fat
Yesterday’s word
The word airling is “a carefree, thoughtless person”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
An interesting word to drop into conversation, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard it. It came from a combination of air (which came from the Latin word aer [air]) in combination with -ling (small; young; inferior).
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